Abstract 

The present study was conducted in Mangalore University to know the relationship of stature with middle finger length among 150 students, including 75 male and 75 female belonging to the age group of 17-22 years. Pearson’s formula was used to calculate the stature and it was found that middle finger length and the height of the individual have a very good correlation with a coefficient of 0.658 and p value of <0.001 which is highly significant.

Keywords: Stature, middle finger, Anthropometry, Mangalore.