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Table 2: Single Linear Regression Formulae for Body Height (cms) from Foot Length and
Knee Height.
SEX VARIABLES EQUATIONS S.E.E. COEFFICIENT Adjusted P
(cms) OF DETER- (r) Value
MINATION
(r)
MALE RT.FOOT B.H.=69.99+3.93(FL) 5.491 0.493 0.492 <0.01
LENGTH
LT. FOOT B.H.=70.93+3.89(FL) 5.489 0.493 0.492 <0.01
LENGTH
KNEE B.H.=75.62+1.79(KH) 5.123 0.559 0.558 <0.01
HEIGHT
AGE B.H.=178.43+(- 7.414 0.076 0.074 <0.01
0.474)(Age)
FEMALES RT.FOOT B.H.=89.82+2.95(FL) 6.188 0.234 0.233 <0.01
LENGTH
LT. FOOT B.H.=93.17+2.81(FL) 6.216 0.228 0.226 <0.01
LENGTH
KNEE B.H.=71.92+1.79(KH) 5.785 0.331 0.330 <0.01
HEIGHT
AGE B.H.=161.32+(- 7.036 0.011 0.009 <0.01
0.16)(Age)
B.H.: Body Height, S.E.E.: Standard Error Estimate
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Table 3: Linear Multiple Regression Formulae for Body Height (cms) from Foot Lengths
and Knee Height with Age as predictor variable.
SEX VARIABLES EQUATIONS MEAN ADJU- P
SQUARED STED VALUE
ERROR ( )
)
MALE RT.FOOT B.H.=79.232+3.774(RFL)- 29.069 0.512 0.510 <0.01
LENGTH & 0.242(Age in years)
AGE
LT.FOOT B.H.=80.057+3.740(LFL)- 29.083 0.512 0.510 <0.01
LENGTH & 0.239(Age in years)
AGE
KNEE B.H.=81.790+1.736(K.H.)- 25.865 0.566 0.564 <0.01
HEIGHT & 0.152(Age in years)
AGE
FEMALE RT.FOOT B.H.=92.759+3.082(RFL)- 37.008 0.262 0.259 <0.01
LENGTH& 0.265(Age in years)
AGE
LT.FOOT B.H.=96.192+2.934(LFL)- 37.360 0.255 0.252 <0.01
LENGTH & 0.264(Age in years)
AGE
KNEE B.H.=74.137+1.782(K.H.)- 33.441 0.333 0.330 <0.01
HEIGHT & 0.069(Age in years)
AGE
**Strongly Significant as p-value < 0.01; ( ) =Coefficient of determination
Table 4: Comparison of present study on body height with foot length and knee height with
various authors for better and ease of understanding in a tabulated form.
AUTHOR PARAMETERS MALES FEMALES
Patel et al 1.Correlation 0.925 0.741
(2012) coefficient(r)
Gujarat, 2.Regression Ht = 77.89+(3.55)FL Ht = 38.0+(5.192)FL
INDIA equations
Ozaslan et al 1.Height 1724.3768.65mms 1620.1064.19mms
(2012) 2.Foot Length
TURKEY 3.Correlation 250.8613.56mms 228.8610.74mms
coefficient(r)
4.Coefficient of 0.696 0.496
Determination (r2)
0.484 0.246
5.Regression
840.88+3.52(FL),S.E.E.=4 941.95+2.96(FL),S.E.E.
equations
9.40mms =55.95mms
Mansur DI et al 1.Height 165.668.34cms 156.706.16cms
(2012) 2.Foot Length 23.892.09cms 22.641.36cms
NEPAL 3.Correlation 0.688 0.587
coefficient(r) Y=100.1+2.74(RFL) Y=96.31+2.66(RFL)
4.Regression Y 100.2+2.738(LFL) Y=96.40+2.66(LFL)
equations
Uhrova P.et al 1.Height 180.67.1cms 168.36.6cms
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(2011) 2.Foot Length RFL=37.91.7cms; RFL=38.42.3cms;
SLOVAKIA 3.Correlation LFL=37.81.5cms LFL=38.61.8cms
coefficient(r) RFL=0.759; LFL=0.755 RFL=0.722;
4.Regression LFL=0.704
equations 68.563+4.200RFL,S.E.E.= 59.825+4.473RFL,S.E.
4.69 E.=4.66
67.720+4.227LFL,S.E.E.=4 64.454+4.262LFL,S.E.
.73 E.=4.78
Cheng HS et al 1.Correlation 0.73 0.68
(2001) coefficient(r)
TAIWAN 2.Regression stature = 85.10 + 1.73KH - stature = 91.45 + 1.53
equations 0.11 age; R2 = 0.61 KH -0.16 age; R2 =
0.58
166.66.4cms 155.85.4cms
Zhang et al 1.Height
(1998) 2.Knee Height 49.02.5cms 45.1 2.2
Melbourne, 3.Regression
S=67.78+2.01KH; S=74.08+1.81KH;
AUSTRALIA equations
R2=0.59,root M.S.E.=4.07 R2=0.55,root
S=71.70+1.98KH- M.S.E.=4.17
0.044Age; R2=0.59,root S=78.46+1.79KH-
M.S.E.=4.03 0.066Age; R2=0.56,root
M.S.E.=4.01
Chittawatanarat 1.Height 166.16.0 155.15.4
et al 2.Knee Height 48.63.3 42.13.0
(2012) 3.Correlation
0.87 0.65
THAILAND coefficient(r)
4.Regression 89.44+1.58Knee Height, 108.27+1.11 Knee
equations S.E.E.=1.51.1 Height, S.E.E.=2.11.7
Han T S 1.Regression Y=54.9+2.30KH- Y=71.3+1.91KH-
(1996) equations 0.06age =0.79, 0.10age =0.72,
ENGLAND S.E.E.= 3.2cms S.E.E.=3.4cms
Present study 1.Height 168.147.7 157.687.0
2.Foot Lengths RT=24.9491.37 RT=22.9371.15
LT=24.9351.38 LT=22.9131.19
3.Knee Height 51.63.21 47.72.26
4.Age 21.674.50 21.784.43
5.Correlation RT. FL=0.702, RT. FL=0.484, LT.
coefficient(r) LT.FL=0.702, KH=0.747 FL=0.477, KH=0.575
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