Morphometric analysis of the foramen magnum in sex estimation: An additional 3DCT study from Nepal on a larger sample.

Autor: Atreya A; Department of Forensic Medicine Lumbini Medical College Palpa Nepal., Shrestha R; Department of Anthropology Punjab University Chandigarh India., Bhandari K; Department of Radiology Lumbini Medical College Palpa Nepal., Malla SK; Department of Radiology & Interventions Grande International Hospital Kathmandu Nepal., Acharya S; Department of Radiology Lumbini Medical College Palpa Nepal., Menezes RG; Department of Pathology, College of Medicine Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University Dammam Saudi Arabia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Health science reports [Health Sci Rep] 2022 Dec 16; Vol. 6 (1), pp. e999. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 16 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.999
Abstrakt: Background: Estimation of sex of the skeletal remains plays a vital part in the identification of an individual. This study is focused on the morphometric measurements of the foramen magnum region and examining the accuracy of sexual dimorphism in the Nepalese population.
Methods: Measurements were obtained from 3D computed tomography (CT) scan of 261 Nepalese adult cranial bases with known age and sex. Length and breadth of the foramen magnum, length and breadth of right and left occipital condyles and maximum and minimum intercondylar distance were measured on the base of the skull CT images.
Results: The mean values for all parameters were higher in males than females except for the maximum intercondylar distance. Sex prediction done with discriminant function analysis could classify the skull with an overall accuracy of 70.5%-71%.
Conclusions: It can be concluded from the results that the morphometric study of the foramen magnum is less reliable for sex estimation in the Nepalese population.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
(© 2022 The Authors. Health Science Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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