Human cranial vault thickness in a contemporary sample of 1097 autopsy cases: relation to body weight, stature, age, sex and ancestry
| Autor: | H. H. (Hans) De Boer, Vidija Soerdjbalie-Maikoe, A. E. (Lida) Van der Merwe |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Medical Biology |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Forensic anthropology Poison control Autopsy Body weight Pathology and Forensic Medicine Correlation 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Age Biological profile Age Determination by Skeleton Cranial vault medicine Humans 030216 legal & forensic medicine Child Ancestry Sex Characteristics business.industry Body Weight Skull Cranial vault thickness Anatomy Body Height Surgery Female Original Article Sex business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Negroid |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Legal Medicine International journal of legal medicine, 130(5), 1371-1377. Springer Verlag |
| ISSN: | 0937-9827 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00414-016-1324-5 |
| Popis: | The relation between human cranial vault thickness (CVT) and various elements of the physical anthropological biological profile is subject of ongoing discussion. Some results seem to indicate no correlation between CVT and the biological profile of the individual, whereas other results suggest that CVT measurements might be useful for identification purposes. This study assesses the correlation between CVT and body weight, stature, age, sex, and ancestry by reviewing data of 1097 forensic autopsies performed at the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI). In subadults (younger than 19 years of age at the time of death), all frontal, temporal, and occipital CVT measurements correlated moderately to strongly with indicators of growth (body weight, stature, and age). Neither sex nor ancestry correlated significantly with cranial thickness. In adults, body weight correlated with all CVT measurements. No meaningful correlation was found between CVT and stature or age. Females showed to have thicker frontal bones, and the occipital region was thicker in the Negroid subsample. All correlation in the adult group was weak, with the distribution of cranial thickness overlapping for a great deal between the groups. Based on these results, it was concluded that CVT generally cannot be used as an indicator for any part of the biological profile. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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