title: Sex determination from the talus of Koreans by discriminant function analysis.
abstract: The aims of this study were to investigate the sex discriminating potential of the talus in Koreans and compare this with other analyses in different populations. Statistical analyses were performed using data from nine measurements acquired from 140 tali (70 men, 70 women). The talus of Koreans is dimorphic between sexes in all measurements (p < 0.01). Discriminant function equations were generated by univariate, multivariate, and stepwise methods with a range of accuracy from 67.1 to 87.1%. Stepwise equations of other populations did not discriminate the sex of the Korean sample as accurately as each equation's own accuracies. The variables with high accuracy in this study are useful for sex determination of Koreans on the basis of confirmation of population specificity.
authors: Department of Anatomy, Catholic Institute for Applied Anatomy, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors: U-Young
authors: UY
authors: Lee
authors: Seung-Ho
authors: SH
authors: Han
authors: Dae-Kyoon
authors: DK
authors: Park
authors: Yi-Suk
authors: YS
authors: Kim
authors: Deog-Im
authors: DI
authors: Kim
authors: In-Hyuk
authors: IH
authors: Chung
authors: Myung-Hoon
authors: MH
authors: Chun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D056910:Republic of Korea; D054881:Sex Determination by Skeleton / Q000379:methods*; D013628:Talus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D055815:Young Adult