Sex discrimination of the thyroid cartilage in adult Chinese Han population
- VernacularTitle:中国汉族成人甲状软骨的性别判定
- Author:
Jie CHENG
;
Xiaodong ZHAO
;
Xiaoqing SU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Forensic anthropology;
Thyroid cartilage;
Sex discrimination;
Stepwise discriminant analysis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Forensic Medicine
1987;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To develop a method used for sex discrimination of thyroid cartilage. Method Seven conspicuous indicators were obtained through examination of the thyroid cartilages from 142 adult Chinese Han individuals. Adopting Fisher and Bayes discriminant analysis, series discriminating functions for sexing thyroid cartilage were set up. Results The discriminating power of the integral and mostly integral thyroid cartilags was 100 % , while the incomplete thyroid cartilages 90 % . Conclusion This method can be used for sex discrimination of the thyroid cartilage in adult Chinese Han population.
