TY  - JOUR
T1  - Estimation of sex from scapular measurements: use of the bone area as a criterion
AU  - Duyar, İzzet
AU  - Atamtürk, Derya
AU  - Pelin, Can
PY  - 2019
DA  - July
JF  - Eurasian Journal of Anthropology
JO  - Euras J Anthropol
PB  - ÖREN-ADRAMYTTEİON ANTİK KENTİ KÜLTÜR TURİZM VE DOĞA DERNEĞİ
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2166-7411
SP  - 39
EP  - 45
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - Since the human scapula exhibits sexually dimorphic features, ithas been examined in detail in recent years, especially in termsof direct anthropometric measurements. During theseinvestigations, only very few authors have used derived variable(area of the glenoid cavity) and they reported that thismeasurement could be used for estimating sex. However, otherareal variables of the scapula have not been studied to determinewhether they contribute to predicting sex. Therefore, we aimedto clarify the question of whether derived variables, as well asdirect measurements, could contribute to sex estimation. In thepresent study, four direct scapular measurements were takenfrom the magnetic resonance images (MRI) and we thencalculated two derived variables from 99 male and 105 femaleadults’ scapulae. Direct measurements are infraspinous fossaheight (IFH), maximum scapular breadth (MB), glenoid cavitylength (GCL), axillar bone length (ABL), and maximum spinelength (MSL). Derived areal variables are MB*IFH and MSL*IFH.Univariate discriminant function analysis yielded overall sexprediction success rates ranging from 82.4% to 67.5%. As a singlederived variable, MB*IFH, was the most discriminative for sexingthe individuals. Multivariate discriminant analysis yielded 90.5%success in correct sex assign by using three parameters (ABL,GCL, and MSL). These results demonstrate that the analysis ofscapular size provides a highly accurate tool for assigning sex.
KW  - Forensic anthropology
KW  - sex estimation
KW  - scapular dimensions
KW  - direct measurements
KW  - derived measurements
CR  - Albanese J. (2003) A metric method for sex determination using the hipbone and the femur. J Forensic Sci 48:263-273.
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/eja/issue//642715
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/847947
ER  -