Subjects: healthy students from 18 to 30 years of age from Mauritius
Foot length is measured as the straight distance from the most anterior projecting point (great toe or second toe, excluding nail projections) to the most posterior projecting point on the heel with foot on a flat surface.
Parameters:
(1) right foot length in cm
(2) gender (male = 1, female = 2)
(3) age in years
general equation for height in cm =
= (0.437 * (age in years)) - (3.393 * (points for gender)) + (3.862 * (right foot length in cm)) + 67.568
height in cm for a male =
= (4.036 * (right foot length)) + 68.586
= (4.417 * (right foot length)) + (0.489 * (age)) + 55.695
height in cm for a female =
= (3.536 * (right foot length)) + 77.059
Additional curvilinear models per sex category were developed but the R-square values were less than those above. In addition, it was hard to make them work.
These equations could also be used to estimate height from foot prints.
Limitations:
• As a person gets older the equations would imply that the height increases, which it does not.
