Sex determination by the interarticular distance of metacarpals and phalanges: a digital radiologic study in contemporary Turkish people

Banu ALICIOĞLU; Ali YILMAZ; H. Muammer KARAKAŞ; Bülent Sabri CİGALI; Selman ÇIKMAZ; Enis ULUÇAM

doi:https://doi.org/10.2399/ana.08.027

Makale detayları

Sex determination by the interarticular distance of metacarpals and phalanges: a digital radiologic study in contemporary Turkish people

Yazarlar:

Banu ALICIOĞLU | Ali YILMAZ | H. Muammer KARAKAŞ | Bülent Sabri CİGALI | Selman ÇIKMAZ | Enis ULUÇAM

Yayıncı:

Society of Anatomy and Clinical Anatomy

Ana Başlıklar:

Sağlık teşvikleri

Dergi:

Anatomy 2009 Vol.3 Issue 1, pp.14-20

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2009

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000668883

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

eISSN:

1308-8459

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2399/ana.08.027

Özet:

 


Objectives: The ability to determine sex from isolated bones and bone fragments is a necessity in medicolegal investigations. While the pelvis and cranium are the most useful bones for these determinations, they are not always available. The purpose of the present work is to obtain a discriminant equation for the metacarpals and phalanges in a live Turkish population.

Methods: Interarticular distances of the metacarpals and phalanges of the left hands of 22 males and 43 females were measured on digital roentgenograms. Means, standard deviations and minimum and maximum values were found.

Results: A multivariate logistic regression model was formed to estimate sex, with 72.7% of the males, 90.7% of the females and 84.6% of the pooled individuals being correctly classified when the cut value was 0.5.

Conclusion: We consider that the length of metacarpals and phalanges are potential bones that can be used for sex determination in forensic science. Radiologic measurements are an optimal alternative to population studies where the number of well-protected cadavers is limited or unavailable.  

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Makale detayları

Sex determination by the interarticular distance of metacarpals and phalanges: a digital radiologic study in contemporary Turkish people

Yazarlar: Banu ALICIOĞLU | Ali YILMAZ | H. Muammer KARAKAŞ | Bülent Sabri CİGALI | Selman ÇIKMAZ | Enis ULUÇAM

Yayıncı: Society of Anatomy and Clinical Anatomy

Ana Başlıklar: Sağlık teşvikleri

Dergi: Anatomy 2009 Vol.3 Issue 1, pp.14-20

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/2009

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000668883

Sıklık: Üç Yıllık

eISSN: 1308-8459

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2399/ana.08.027

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Banu ALICIOĞLU | Ali YILMAZ | H. Muammer KARAKAŞ | Bülent Sabri CİGALI | Selman ÇIKMAZ | Enis ULUÇAM

Yayıncı:

Society of Anatomy and Clinical Anatomy

Ana Başlıklar:

Sağlık teşvikleri

Dergi:

Anatomy 2009 Vol.3 Issue 1, pp.14-20

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2009

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000668883

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

eISSN:

1308-8459

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2399/ana.08.027