Age and sex estimation by metric measurements and fusion of hyoid bone in a Turkish population

Balseven-Odabasi, Aysun; Yalcinozan, Elif; Keten, Alper; Akçan, Ramazan; Tümer, Ali Rıza; Onan, Arif; Cantürk, Nergis; Odabaşı, Orhan; Dinç, Ahmet

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2013.03.022

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“…To date there are no data available on modern Greek-Cypriots while a large number of studies have been emerging recently for neighbouring Cretans [9,21,[31][32][33][34][35] and mainland Greeks [36][37]. The same situation holds true for Turkish-Cypriots with an increasing number of studies from mainland Turkey appearing recently [26,[38][39][40][41]. The main objective of this work is to develop population specific osteometric standards of the tibia for the Greek-Cypriots in an effort to contribute to the existing sex estimation methods employed for the identification of the missing in Cyprus.…”

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Sexual dimorphism of the tibia in contemporary Greek-Cypriots and Cretans: Forensic applications

Kranioti

García-Donas

Prado

et al. 2017

Forensic Science International

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Sex estimation is an essential step in the identification process of unknown heavily decomposed human remains as it eliminates all possible matches of the opposite sex from the missing person's database. Osteometric methods constitute a reliable approach for sex estimation and considering the variation of sexual dimorphism between and within populations; standards for specific populations are required to ensure accurate results. The current study aspires to contribute osteometric data on the tibia from contemporary Greek-Cypriots to assist the identification process. A secondary goal involves osteometric comparison with data from Crete, a Greek island with similar cultural and dietary customs and environmental conditions. Left tibiae from one hundred and thirty-two skeletons (70 males and 62 females) of Greek-Cypriots and one hundred and fifty-seven skeletons (85 males, 72 females) of Cretans were measured. Seven standard metric variables including Maximum length (ML), Upper epiphyseal breadth (UB), Nutrient foramen anteroposterior diameter (NFap), Nutrient Foramen transverse diameter (NFtrsv), Nutrient foramen circumference (NFCirc), Minimum circumference (MinCirc) and Lower epiphyseal breadth (LB) were compared between sexes and populations. Univariate and multivariate discriminant functions were developed and posterior probabilities were calculated for each sample. Results confirmed the existence of sexual dimorphism of the tibia in both samples as well as the pooled sample. Classification accuracy for univariate functions ranged from 78% to 85% for Greek-Cypriots and from 69% to 83% for Cretans. The best multivariate equations after cross-validation resulted in 87% for Greek-Cypriots and 90% accuracy for Cretans. When the samples were pooled accuracy reached 87% with over 95% confidence for about one third of the population. Estimates with over 95% of posterior probability can be considered reliable while any less than 80% should be treated with caution. This work constitutes the initial step towards the creation of an osteometric database for Greek-Cypriots and we hope it can contribute to the biological profiling and identification of the missing and to potential forensic cases of unknown skeletal remains both in Cyprus and Crete.

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Sexual dimorphism of the tibia in contemporary Greek-Cypriots and Cretans: Forensic applications

Kranioti

García-Donas

Prado

et al. 2017

Forensic Science International

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“…The fusion of greater horn & body are not only age dependent but also sex dependent so that with the advancing age, the hyoids of women are less likely to fuse than men [7].There is a sharp rise in hyoid bone fusion in both males and females after the age of 60 years [8] so that all bones are fused after this age [6].…”

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Fusion Between Body and Greater Cornu: A Radiological Study of Dry Hyoid Bones

Bhavna¹,

Singla²,

Sharma³

2015

IJAR

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Introduction: The study of fusion of body and greater cornua of hyoid bone is of tremendous clinical and forensic significance as it can be used to estimate the age of living or dead or skeletonized remains. It becomes all the more important as this fusion is relatively immune to some individual factors like life style, health and nutrition etc. Material method: The study comprised of 15 male and 15 female bones all collected from human cadavers with age >60 years. Digitalized radiographs of these bones were taken and fusion between body and greater cornua was studied. Results: A bilateral fusion was seen in 43.3% bones with another 33% showing unilateral fusion .The bilateral fusion did not depict any sex difference but unilateral fusion was more common on left side in males and right side in females. Conclusion: Fusion of body and greater cornua of hyoid bone after age of 60 years is not always seen so one should be cautious in interpreting fracture of this bone in persons with age >60years and look for other local pathological features like haematoma formation at the site of fracture.

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“…According to the own data, in 14.6% of cases fusion of the HB junction was one-sided [74]. Other authors found unilateral ossification of the HB joints in 11.2-25.0% of cases in women and in 20.2-22.6% of cases in men depending on different age and gender structure of the series studied [75][76][77]. Judging by unilateral mobility of the greater horn, unsophisticated doctor may make a false conclusion on the HB fracture.…”

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Trauma to the hyoid bone and laryngeal cartilages in hanging: Review of forensic research series since 1856

Khokhlov

2015

Legal Medicine

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Age and sex estimation by metric measurements and fusion of hyoid bone in a Turkish population

Cited by 32 publications

References 15 publications

Sexual dimorphism of the tibia in contemporary Greek-Cypriots and Cretans: Forensic applications

Sexual dimorphism of the tibia in contemporary Greek-Cypriots and Cretans: Forensic applications

Fusion Between Body and Greater Cornu: A Radiological Study of Dry Hyoid Bones

Trauma to the hyoid bone and laryngeal cartilages in hanging: Review of forensic research series since 1856

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