Abstract: Estimation of stature was made on the basis of Chinese male dry os coxae. The sample consists of 248 couples of os coxae of known age, sex, and stature collected by the Institute of Forensic Sciences in Beijng. The measurements of os coxae include maximum height and maximum breadth of the whole bone and the height and breadth of ilium, length of ischium, pubie length, length and breadth of obturator foramen, greatest diamater of acetabulum, maximum ischiopubic length, minimum ilium breadth, maximum length of auricular surface. The regression formulae and multiple linear regression formmlae for the estimation of stature are highly significant statistically. These formulae have been tested on an independent sample. The result of blind test showed that the method of stature estimation with os coxae was useful for physical anthropology and forensic medicine in Chinese males.

Key words: Os coxea; Stature estimation; Individual identification; Forensic anthropology