以南京市1202名4～19岁健康男女儿童为对象,采用第二掌骨长度指标,建立预测男女儿童最终身高的回归方程。阐明了以第二掌骨指标预测身高的依据。并对其预测值的准确性进行了检验。作者认为:这一预测身高的方法误差较小,有一定的实用价值。 A total of 1202 healthy male and female children aged from 4 to 19 years in Nanjing were enrolled in this study. The second metacarpal length was used to establish the regression equation to predict the final height of boys and girls. Clarified the basis of the second metacarpal index to predict height. The accuracy of the predicted value was tested. The author thinks: This method of forecasting height has small error and has certain practical value.