title: The value of the anthropometric parameters of the tibia in the forensic identification of the Iranian population over the age of 20.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Tibia is one of the bones which can be applied in sex determination in addition to its successful role in determination of stature. The aim of this study was to investigate the value of anthropometric parameters of the tibia in forensic identification.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional analysis of anthropometric parameters of the tibia was done by Legal Medicine Organization of Tehran, Iran studying Iranian population over the age of 20 during 2009 and 2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This study covered four aspects of tibias of 80 fresh Iranian cadavers, 40 men and 40 women, including the maximum lateromedial length, medial length, proximal width, and the distal width. The study showed that genders can be distinguished using the lateromedial length with 90% sensitivity and 80% specificity, the medial length with 90% sensitivity and 85% specificity, the proximal width with 85% sensitivity and 87.5% specificity, and the distal width with 67.5% sensitivity and 75% specificity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In order to determine the relationships between the diverse aspects of tibia, the correlations between different dimensions of tibia were examined, resulting in the regression equations between its length and width.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina St., Keshavarz Blvd., Tehran 1417613151, Iran.
authors.forename: Mitra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akhlaghi
authors.forename: Ardeshir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sheikhazadi
authors.forename: Navid
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khosravi
authors.forename: Yadollah
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pournia
authors.forename: Seyed Hosein
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Saberi Anary
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D054881:Sex Determination by Skeleton; D013977:Tibia / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D055815:Young Adult