DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i10.053

Pages: 3480-3484

The determination of gender from recovered body parts is a crucial component when creating the identification profile of an individual in forensic humanitarian and medicolegal cases. The ratio of length of index finger (2DL) and ring finger (4DL) has been proposed to exhibit sexual dimorphism. The anthropometrical features being population specific, and because of paucity of literature in this geography, we carried out this study on a cross-sectional sample of 250 Nepalese adults whose 2DL and 4DL were measured; 2DL:4DL ratio were calculated; Sectioning-point based on the ratio for both genders were derived; and finally a Cut-off point to discern male and female gender was obtained. It was found that 2DL:4DL ratio ≤ 0.99 was of a male hand while those > 0.99 was of a female hand. Thus, we can discern the gender on the basis of 2DL:4DL ratio in this population.