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Sex Determination from Femoral Fragments - Discriminant Function Analysis in Contemporary South Indian Population


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1 Department of Forensic Medicine, Saveetha Medical College, Chennai, India
2 Department of Forensic Medicine, Annapoorna Medical college, Salem, India
     

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Diagnosis of sex from skeleton or individual bone is vital to archaeological and forensic applications. The aim of this study is to examine the applicability of the measurements taken from the femur fragments to assess sex, and to contribute to establishing discriminant function equations for medico legal applications. In a sample of 120 femora, seven variables were measured and subjected to discriminant function analysis. All the measurements are found to be individually sexually dimorphic. Univariate and multivartiate functions were computed and their accuracy were evaluated.

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Forensic Anthropometry, Sex Determination, Femur Fragments, South Indian Population, Discriminant Function Analysis
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Authors

Magendran Chandran
Department of Forensic Medicine, Saveetha Medical College, Chennai, India
N. Vijayakumari
Department of Forensic Medicine, Annapoorna Medical college, Salem, India

Abstract


Diagnosis of sex from skeleton or individual bone is vital to archaeological and forensic applications. The aim of this study is to examine the applicability of the measurements taken from the femur fragments to assess sex, and to contribute to establishing discriminant function equations for medico legal applications. In a sample of 120 femora, seven variables were measured and subjected to discriminant function analysis. All the measurements are found to be individually sexually dimorphic. Univariate and multivartiate functions were computed and their accuracy were evaluated.

Keywords


Forensic Anthropometry, Sex Determination, Femur Fragments, South Indian Population, Discriminant Function Analysis

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