Study of sexual dimorphism of Malaysian crania: an important step in identification of the skeletal remains / 대한해부학회지
Anatomy & Cell Biology
;
: 86-92, 2017.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-153456
ABSTRACT
Sex determination is one of the main steps in the identification of human skeletal remains. It constitutes an initial step in personal identification from the skeletal remains. The aim of the present study was to provide the population-specific sex discriminating osteometric standards to aid human identification. The present study was conducted on 87 (174 sides) slices of crania using postmortem computed tomography in 45 males and 42 females, aged between 18 and 75 years. About 22 parameters of crania were measured using Osirix software 3-D Volume Rendering. Results showed that all parameters were significantly higher in males than in females except for orbital height of the left eye by independent t test (P<0.01). By discriminant analysis, the classification accuracy was 85.1%, and by regression, the classification accuracy ranged from 78.2% to 86.2%. In conclusion, cranium can be used to distinguish between males and females in the Malaysian population. The results of the present study can be used as a forensic tool for identification of unknown crania.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Orbit
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Skull
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Classification
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Forensic Anthropology
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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