Correction to: Evaluating the accuracy of population-specific versus generic stature estimation regression equations in a South African sample (International Journal of Legal Medicine, (2025), 139, 1, (411-418), 10.1007/s00414-024-03340-x)

Abstract

In the original version, the bicondylar length of the femur was erroneously used in the calculation of the estimated living stature (ELS) using Albanese et al. [1] equations. The maximum length of the femur in the original equations has now been used in the recalculation of ELS and the corrections are as follows:

The Abstract was revised as follows:

The sentence “The physiological length of the femur, condylar malleolar length of the tibia and a combination of these measurements, collected from Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanograms of adult (20-60 years) White South African males (n = 30) and females (n = 44) were used to assess the accuracy of the Albanese et al. [1] sex-specific and generic stature estimation equations” should be changed to “The maximum length of the femur, physiological length of the femur, condylar malleolar length of the tibia and a combination of these measurements, collected from Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanograms of adult (20-60 years) White South African males (n = 30) and females (n = 44) were used to assess the accuracy of the Albanese et al. [1] sex-specific and generic stature estimation equations”.

The sentence “Results indicated that the Albanese et al. [1] equations underestimated living stature by between 1.1 and 5.0 cm” should be changed to “Results indicated that the Albanese et al. [1] equations underestimated living stature by between 1.2 and 5.0 cm”

The Materials and methods were revised as follows:

The sentence “Two of these measurements namely the FBC and TCM as described and illustrated in previous studies [23, 24, 27] were used in the assessment of the validity of the sex specific and generic regression equations for the estimation of stature by Albanese et al. [1]” should be changed to “The TCM as described and illustrated in previous studies [23, 24, 27] and the maximum length of the femur (Fmax) were used in the assessment of the validity of the sex specific and generic regression equations for the estimation of stature by Albanese et al.