NCJ Number
246584
Journal
Journal of Forensic Science Volume: 59 Issue: 2 Dated: March 2014 Pages: 301-305
Date Published
March 2014
Length
5 pages
Annotation
Sex determination is an important task in physical anthropology and forensic medicine.
Abstract
Sex determination is an important task in physical anthropology and forensic medicine. The study sample comprised 121 individuals of known sex, age, and cause of death from San Jose cemetery in Granada Spain. Eight dimensions were analyzed, and discriminant function analysis was performed for each vertebra to obtain discriminating functions and study the percentage of correct assignations of these functions. The percentage accuracy was approximately 80% for both vertebrae, but varied according to the sex, being higher for the 7th cervical in males and higher for the 12th thoracic in females. As reported in other populations, the greatest dimorphism values were found for the length of the inferior surface of the vertebral body and the width and length of the vertebral foramen of the 7th cervical vertebra and for the length of the inferior surface of the vertebral body of the 12th thoracic vertebra. Abstract published by arrangement with Wiley.