Stature estimation using long bone metrics in contemporary Turkish

Creating a biological profile of an individual usually requires their stature estimation. However, until recently, studies on stature estimation among modern Turkish were few and far between. Hence, the current study aims to bridge the gap on the bio-anthropological database in this population. The research includes CT scans of 102 adult individuals (51 males and 51 females) of known stature. Age ranges from 20 to 87 years and body mass from 43 to 134 kg. The maximum lengths of the three longest bones of lower limbs (femur, tibia and fibula) were measured, and stature reconstruction formulae have been generated using linear regression. Results reveal that in males, the femur equation provides the lowest standard error of the estimate (SE = 4.76 cm), followed by the fibula (SE = 4.83 cm). Conversely, the fibula produced the lowest standard error among the females (SE = 5.3 cm), followed by the tibia (SE = 5.46 cm). When all bones were used jointly, the standard error of estimate showed very little improvement for both males (SE = 4.65 cm) and females (SE = 5.03 cm). Stature exhibited statistically significant correlation with sex and long bone lengths but not with age or body mass.