title: Sex determination using the DSP (probabilistic sex diagnosis) method on the coxal bone: Efficiency of method according to number of available variables.
abstract: The DSP method (probabilistic sex diagnosis) was applied to100 contemporary coxal bones from elderly individuals of the South of France. Ten variables with a posterior probability greater or equal to a 0.95 threshold were used. There was no statistical difference between right side and left side measurements. There was no mistake for sex assignment but the level of indetermination varied a great deal. It was higher in females than in males. The best combinations were obtained when using all 10 variables, some combination of 9 variables (all except SS or SIS or VEAC) or the first 8 variables. We conclude that the DSP method is of great interest in forensic anthropology, thanks to a very weak possibility of mistake when using the software for sex determination of the coxal bone. The main drawback is the level of indetermination that can be high depending on the available variables.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Médecine Légale et d'Anthropologie médico-légale, Université de Nice Côte d'Azur, avenue de Valombrose, 06107 Nice Cedex 2, France; CEPAM, (UMR CNRS) n° 7264, 24 avenue des Diables Bleus, 06357 Nice cedex 4 , France. Electronic address: gquatreh@unice.fr.
authors.forename: Gérald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Quatrehomme
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Médecine Légale et d'Anthropologie médico-légale, Université de Nice Côte d'Azur, avenue de Valombrose, 06107 Nice Cedex 2, France.
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Radoman
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Médecine Légale et d'Anthropologie médico-légale, Université de Nice Côte d'Azur, avenue de Valombrose, 06107 Nice Cedex 2, France.
authors.forename: Luísa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.affiliation: Edhec Business School, 393 Promenade des Anglais, BP 3116, 06202 Nice Cedex 3, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: du Jardin
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Médecine Légale et d'Anthropologie médico-légale, Université de Nice Côte d'Azur, avenue de Valombrose, 06107 Nice Cedex 2, France; CEPAM, (UMR CNRS) n° 7264, 24 avenue des Diables Bleus, 06357 Nice cedex 4 , France.
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alunni
keywords: Coxal bone; DSP method; Forensic anthropology population data; Forensic sciences; Hip bone; Probabilistic sex diagnosis