Dope Santoshkumar A. , Dope Santoshkumar A. , Gaikwad Jyoti R. , Selukar Mangesh S. , C.V. Diwan
Sex identification from skeletal remain has great medicolegal and anthropological significance.A number of studies are available in this regard. The studies being population specific and in general are of not universal help. Present study is an attempt to establish multivariate analysis of ulna for the determination of sex. Materials & Methods used as 193 adult human ulnae, 133 male and 60 female from the Bone Bank of Govt.Medical College Aurangabad, were used for the present study. Four different Parameters of ulnae were studied for making two groups and multivariate analysis of ulnae done for sex determination. SPSS (Sum of products and Sum of Squares) is used for applying multivariate linear discriminant analysis and a discriminant functional score is obtained. Any ulna falling on the male side of the sectioning point will be categorized as male ulna while that falling on female side of sectioning point will be categorized as female ulna. This enhances the accuracy of opinion.Conclusion of study is Multivariate analysis of long bones including ulnae are of immense help in determination of sex of deceased person specially in cases where skeletal remains available are very less.
Keywords: Forensic anthropology; Sexual dimorphism; Multivariate analysis; SPSS; Sectioning point; Skeletal collection.
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