Manubrio-corpus index: Is it a reliable indicator for sex determination

Abstract

Determination of sex by an examination of the skeleton remain is important in identification of an individual when only skeleton remains are presented to an expert. The present study was designed to determine the sex of the sternum by using sternal index (manubrio-corpus index) as a parameter to examine the sexual dimorphism in a population specific autopsy sample using discriminant function analysis on 100 adult bones (50 male and 50 female). The results of this study shows that sex determination cannot be made conclusively from the sternal index (manubrio-corpus index).

Keywords

• Human identification, sternum, sex determination, discriminant function analysis

Manubrio-corpus indeksi: Cinsiyet tayininde güvenilir bir kriter midir?

Öz

Bir uzmana sadece iskelet kalıntıları sunulduğunda, bireyin kimlik saptamasında bu kalıntıları inceleyerek cinsiyetini belirlemek önemlidir. Bu çalışma, otopsi örnekleri üzerinde diskriminant fonksiyon analizi kullanarak 100 yetişkin sternum kemiğinin (50 erkek ve 50 kadın) taşıdığı cinsel karakteri (dimorfizm) inceleme amaçlı olup, bunu, sternal indeksin (manubrio-corpus indeks) karakteristik özelliklerinden yapmak üzere tasarlanmıştır. Çalışmanın bulguları, sternal indekse dayalı olarak güvenilir bir cinsiyet tayinin yapılamayacağını göstermektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Kimliklendirme, sternum, cinsiyet tayini, diskriminant (ayrım) analizi

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