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Croatian Medical Journal, Vol. 60 No. 3, 2019.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2019.60.221

Acetabular osteometric standards for sex estimation in contemporary Croatian population

Pero Bubalo ; Institute of Forensic Medicine andCriminalistics, University of ZagrebSchool of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Marija Baković orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-9652-6474 ; Institute of Forensic Medicine andCriminalistics, University of ZagrebSchool of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Tkalčić ; Institute of Forensic Medicine andCriminalistics, University of ZagrebSchool of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Vedrana Petrovečki ; Institute of Forensic Medicine andCriminalistics, University of ZagrebSchool of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Davor Mayer ; Institute of Forensic Medicine andCriminalistics, University of ZagrebSchool of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

Aim To determine the sexual dimorphism of acetabular
measurements in contemporary Croatian population and
to provide a discriminant function equation for sex estimation.
Methods The sample consisted of 200 adult pelvic bones
(100 male and 100 female) from positively identified victims
of Croatian War of Independence. In total, 96 left (48
male and 48 female) and 104 right (52 male and 52 female)
acetabula were measured. One author measured two acetabular
parameters using a sliding caliper: acetabular diameter
(AD) and transverse acetabular diameter (TAD). Another
author re-measured the acetabula of 40 randomly
selected individuals to determine the inter-observer error. Results Both measured variables showed significant sexual
dimorphism. Men had significantly higher values for
AD and TAD than women. Receiver operating characteristic
curve analysis showed that the cut-off point for prediction
of male sex when using acetabular diameter was
higher than 54 mm. For transverse acetabular diameter
it was higher than 52 mm. The discriminant function was
generated by using both acetabular variables, with 88%
of accuracy in sex estimation. Inter-observer error was not
significant.
Conclusion The acetabular measurements can be used
for sex estimation in contemporary Croatian population
with high accuracy.

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Hrčak ID:

240031

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/240031

Publication date:

15.6.2019.

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