Correlation of Right Foot Length and Left Foot Length to Body Height Among Young Adults of Mumuye Ethnic Group of Bali, North-East, Nigeria

Background: The study on correlation of right foot-length (RFL) and left foot-length (LFL) to body height (BH) among young adults of Mumuye ethnic group of Bali, North-East, Nigeria was aim to correlate right and left foot-lengths to body height for forensic identification of mutilated bodies, investigation of crime, industrial production of shoes and establishment of regression formula. Methodology: Anthropometric instruments were used for data collection. The total of 1500 subjects consisting of 652 males and 848 females were use for this study. The age limit of 18-36years and age range of 18-22years, 23-27years, 28-32years and 33-37years were used. Ethical approval was obtained from Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria. Study duration was three months. Incluion criterial were subjects with no deformity of body parts. Results: Mean age of 25.86years males and 23.80years females was used. The mean foot length and body height obtained include RFL=25.68cm males, LFL=25.59cm males, BH=169.32cm males, RFL=23.86cm females, LFL=23.79cm females, and BH=161.03cm females. All parameters have small standard deviation. The correlation of foot-lengths to body height was statistically significance at the level of P<0.05. 23-27years males and females had the highest population range with 330(50.61%) males out of 652 males and 442(52.1%) females out of the total 848 females subjects. Pearson correlation coefficient for LFL to RFL, LFL to BH and RFL to BH was significant at the level of P<0.01. Conclusion: The correlation of right and left foot-lengths to body height was statistically significance at the level of P<0.05. Regression formula was develop.