A Study of Correlations within the Dimensions of Lower Limb Parts for Personal Identification in a Sudanese Population

Table 5

Stepwise regression equations for reconstruction of lower limb dimensions (in cm).

Sex	Regression equation			±SEE	value
Male	TL = 11.000 + 1.156 × FL	0.649	0.421	±1.722	<0.001
	BMB = 0.386 + 0.151 × FL + 0.251 × FB	0.721	0.520	±0.321	<0.001
	FL = 5.574 + 0.281 × TL + 1.353 × BMB	0.801	0.641	±0.764	<0.001
	FB = 1.143 + 0.928 × BMB + 0.053 × TL	0.654	0.428	±0.556	<0.001
Female	TL = 10.882 + 1.134 × FL	0.611	0.373	±1.532	<0.001
	BMB = 1.065 + 0.130 × FL + 0.186 × FB	0.649	0.421	±0.242	<0.001
	FL = 6.917 + 0.241 × TL + 1.389 × BMB	0.724	0.524	±0.721	<0.001
	FB = 2.033 + 0.784 × BMB + 0.048 × TL	0.567	0.321	±0.434	<0.001

TL: tibial length, BMB: bimalleolar breadth, FL: foot length, FB: foot breadth, : correlation coefficient, : coefficient of determination, and SEE: standard error of estimate.