Abstract: Objective To study the relationship between the hand length, the foot length and stature in rural Han adults of Liaoning, to furnish reference for anthropology and forensic medicine and to accumulate valuable data for Chinese physical survey. Methods The standard of methodology commonly used in this field were applied to measure the hand length, the foot length and the stature on 977 adults (487 males, 490 females) of Han nationality in Liaoning country and inputted original data into the computer for medical statistic analysis. Results The variety of the hand length, the foot length and the stature between sex in different groups was obvious(EM>P/EM><0.01) except the group of 40-49 age in the hand length. The regression equations estimated by the hand length were tenable except the groups of 30-39 age in males and 20-29 and 30-39 age in females. The regression equations estimated by the foot length were all tenable(EM>P/EM><0.001).Conclusion The foot length has high correlation with the stature. It is reliable and suitable to use the regression equations to estimate the adult stature in Liaoning country by the foot length.

Key words: Hand length, Foot length, Stature, Anthropometry, Human