Research Article
Estimating Sex of Modern Greeks Based on the Foramen Magnum Region
Table 5
Comparison of the distance parameters (mean ± SD in mm) in various studies.
| | Authors | Sample origin | | FML | FMB | OCL | OCB | MID | | Total | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female |
| | Routal et al. (1984) | Indian | 141 | 35.5 ± 2.8 | 32.0 ± 2.8 | 29.6 ± 1.9 | 27.1 ± 1.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| | Catalina-Herrera (1987) | Spanish | 100 | 36.2 ± 0.3 | 34.30 ± 0.4 | 31.1 ± 0.3 | 29.6 ± 0.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| | Wescott and Moore-Jansen (2001) | African American | 133 | — | — | — | — | 23.2 ± 2.9 | 22 ± 1.2 | 12.8 ± 1.2 | 12 ± 1.5 | 20.1 ± 3.0 | 18.6 ± 2.5 | | European American | 389 | — | — | — | — | 24.7 ± 2.7 | 22.8 ± 2.2 | 12.3 ± 1.2 | 11.7 ± 1.3 | 20.9 ± 2.4 | 19.2 ± 2.0 |
| | Murshed et al. (2003) | Turkish | 110 | 37.2 ± 3.43 | 34.6 ± 3.16 | 31.6 ± 2.99 | 29.3 ± 2.19 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| | Uysal et al. (2005) | Turkish | 100 | 37.08 ± 1.93 | 34.87 ± 2.6 | 30.83 ± 2.04 | 28.93 ± 2.43 | 22.73 ± 2.26 | 20.58 ± 2.24 | 12.5 ± 1.57 | 11.78 ± 1.06 | 5.6 ± 0.97 | 4.91 ± 0.83 |
| | Gapert et al. (2009) | British | 158/146 | 35.91 ± 2.41 | 34.71 ± 1.91 | 30.51 ± 1.77 | 29.36 ± 1.96 | 24.95 ± 2.53/25.16 ± 2.51 | 23.30 ± 2.28/23.74 ± 2.44 | 12.01 ± 1.41/12.05 ± 1.69 | 11.42 ± 1.21/11.57 ± 1.16 | 21.12 ± 3.18 | 19.0 ± 2.40 |
| | Natsis et al. (2013) | Greek | 143 | 36.20 ± 3.39 | 34.79 ± 2.39 | 30.92 ± 3.15 | 29.61 ± 2.08 | 26.30 ± 2.92/26.48 ± 2.80 | 24.70 ± 2.66/24.57 ± 2.13 | 13.13 ± 2.01/13.24 ± 2.20 | 13.04 ± 1.99/12.74 ± 1.63 | 19.82 ± 3.19 | 18.77 ± 3.26 |
| | Present study (2017) | Greek | 154 | 36.69 ± 2.47 | 34.87 ± 2.41 | 32.48 ± 2.7 | 30.62 ± 2.18 | 24.52 ± 3.07/24.36 ± 2.68 | 22.51 ± 2.41/22.21 ± 2.33 | 13.8 ± 1.92/13.99 ± 1.96 | 12.76 ± 1.76/13.17 ± 1.84 | 24.28 ± 3.01 | 22.21 ± 2.58 |
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Left; right/left; foramen magnum/occipital condyles.
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