Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 94. (Budapest 2002)

Radoinova, D., Tenekedjiev, K. ; Yordanov, Y.: Stature estimation according to bone length in Hungarian population

The corrélation coefficient between the regression parameters is -0.997. The estimated standard error is 1.06 cm within a 0.92 cm to 1.24 cm 95% confidence interval. The adjusted coefficient of multiple determination is R

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= 0.968. The 95% confidence intervals of the model coefficients are respectively: from 91.26 cm to 97.24 cm and from 2.046 cm to 2.209 cm. The regression parameters are significant (t-tests with P-value'

s < 0.0005) and the model (8) is adequate (ANOVA with P-value < 0.0005). The two dimensional confidence regions for the regression parameters using the chosen confidence levels are shown on Fig. 7 along with three referative formulae (of BREITINGER, of TROTTER-GLESER and DUPERTUIS-HADDEN). It is only at this point that a very slightly possibility presented itself (P-value = 0.001%) for the DUPERTUIS-HADDEN formula to describe our sample adequately (P-value = 0.000%). The two other formulae do not describe the sample adequately (P-value = 0.000%). The nomogram on tibia for Hungarian males is shown on Fig. 8. Fig. 8. Nomogram for predicting the maximal stature of Hungarian males using the length of fibula with age correction according to GILES and BORCAN (bold line). Three confidence margins are plotted (95% solid line, 99% dashed line and 99.9% dashdotted). The outliers are plotted with circles, and the experimental data is shown with dots