Discriminant functions to determine sex by humerus in cuban europoids

This work is based on the study of the behavior of the sexual dimorphism in the long bones of the human superior extremity. The sample selected for this study consists of 160 humeruses (82 males and 78 females), belonging to Cuban hispanic adult europoids, deceased in the second half of the 20th cen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Machado Mendoza,, Dodany, Urgellés Navarro, Lois Angel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Anales de Antropología
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/27970
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/antropologia/article/view/27970
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:osteology
humerus
discriminant functions
sexual dimorphism
osteología
húmero
funciones discriminantes
dimorfismo sexual
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Sumario:This work is based on the study of the behavior of the sexual dimorphism in the long bones of the human superior extremity. The sample selected for this study consists of 160 humeruses (82 males and 78 females), belonging to Cuban hispanic adult europoids, deceased in the second half of the 20th century. 12 measurements were made and with these variables it was carried out the t test throwing up very significant differences (p < .01) for all the analyzed variables. A total of 27 discriminating equations that  contributed an effectiveness between 89.1 and 99.3 % of correct were elaborated, classification applicable, in entire bones such as in fragmented; the equations use the smallest number of possible variables. It is concluded that the proposed equations can be useful in the determination of the sex, due to the high efficiency they brought.