Journal Published Online: 01 March 1997
Volume 42, Issue 2

Sexual Determination of the Femur Using Discriminant Functions. Analysis of a Spanish Population of Known Sex and Age

CODEN: JFSCAS

Abstract

Until present, functions for sexual discrimination of a Spanish population from series of known sex and age were not available. In this work, we present a sample of 132 femora (72 females and 60 males) belonging to a Spanish population of adult individuals of known filiation deposited in the Complutense University of Madrid. The ten mathematical functions which yield a higher sexual discrimination in each part of the femur, were selected. The resulting percentages of correspondence varied between 84 and 97% when each variable was considered independently, and a 99% is obtained with two variables of the epiphyses combined.

Author Information

Trancho, GJ
Biology Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Robledo, B
Biology Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
López-Bueis, I
Biology Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Sánchez, JA
Medicine Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
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Stock #: JFS14096J
ISSN: 0022-1198
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14096J