Summary
Seventeen measuring parameters were used to characterize 197 mandibles (109 males, 88 females) taken from the corpses of people 20–80 years of age from the Rhine-Main-Neckar area. The representative measuring parameters and discriminating functions of intact lower jaws and lower jaw fragments of most frequent fracture types were determined in this practice group by means of discriminating analysis. In the present research material it was possible to determine sex accurately from an intact lower jaw bone in 82.6% (m) and 79.5% (f) of the cases. Furthermore, our results show clearly that sex may even be determined from lower jaw fragments. The classification was correct, depending on the type of fragment, in 72.5%–81.7% (m) and 71.6%–79.5% (f) of the cases.
Zusammenfassung
Einhundertsiebenundneunzig Unterkiefer (109 männlich, 88 weiblich) der Altersgruppe 20–80 Jahre aus dem Rhein-Main-Neckargebiet wurden durch je 17 Meßparameter charakterisiert.
An dieser Trainingsgruppe (insgesamt 3743 Daten) wurden durch Diskriminanzanalyse die repräsentativen Meßstrecken und die Diskriminanzfunktionen für vollständige Unterkiefer und für Unterkieferfragmente häufiger Frakturtypen bestimmt. Am vorliegenden Untersuchungsgut war anhand des vollständigen Unterkieferknochens eine zutreffende Geschlechtsbestimmung in 82,6% (männlich) und 79,5% (weiblich) möglich.
Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen weiterhin eindeutig, daß sich auch Unterkieferfragmente zur Geschlechtsbestimmung eignen. Die richtige Klassifikation erfolgte je nach Fragmenttyp in 72,5–81,7% (männlich) und in 71,6–79,5% (weiblich) der Fälle.
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Pötsch-Schneider, L., Endris, R. & Schmidt, H. Diskriminanzanalyse zur Geschlechtsbestimmung an Unterkieferknochen. Z Rechtsmed 94, 21–30 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00200520
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