Sex Estimation from the Navicular Bone in a Thai Population

Authors

  • Kittikun Viwatpinyo Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.

Abstract

Foot bones are of interest for forensic sexing because of high reported accuracy in recent studies and often good preservation. This study investigated 202 pairs of navicular bones (104 males, 98 females) obtained from the Chiang Mai University Skeletal Collection. Metric measurements of eight dimensions of the navicular bone were taken with a digital caliper and analysed statistically to determine mean differences between the sexes and to calculate discriminant functions. Discriminant functions obtained from a combination of all variables had a pooled accuracy of 91.1% for the left navicular and 92.1% for the right. Using a stepwise method, discriminant functions showed 89.6% and 92.1% accuracy for left and right bones, respectively. In addition, the functions from stepwise method from either left or right side can be applied to the opposite side with similar obtained accuracy. Variables from the articular facets of the navicular bone had a high effect size and were included in all of our derived discriminant functions. We suggest that detailed measurement of articular facets could be useful for skeletal sexing.

Keywords: Forensic anthropology, navicular bone, sex estimation, metric measurement, discriminant analysis

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Published

28-11-2014

How to Cite

Viwatpinyo, K. (2014). Sex Estimation from the Navicular Bone in a Thai Population. Siriraj Medical Journal, 66(6). Retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/article/view/55313

Issue

Vol. 66 No. 6 (2014): November-December

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Original Article

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