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Sex Determination and Foramen Magnum Measurement (CT Study Case in Sulaimani Population) | ||
| Tikrit Journal for Dental Sciences | ||
| Volume 7, Issue 2, December 2019, Pages 74-82 PDF (673.53 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.25130/tjds.7.2.5 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Shara Mustafa haji Karem* 1; Salah Qadir Mahmood* 2; Ranjdar Mahmood Talabani* 3; Layla A. Abas* 4; Shoxan H. Azeez* 5; Aram Mohammed Sha* 5 | ||
| 1(1) Asst. Lec. Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. | ||
| 2(2)Asst. Lec. Public Health (Radiation Protection) Department of Radiology. | ||
| 3(3)Lec. Conservative Dentistry. | ||
| 4(4)Asst. Prof. Community Health. | ||
| 5(5,6) Asst. Lec. Periodontics . | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Foramen magnum that is positioned under the sagittal suture and surrounded by the lateral, squamous, and basilar parts of the occipital bone is one of the most important structures in the (1) (3) base of the skull. Genetic, socioeconomic, and environmental factors have a significant impact on sexual dimorphism in FM dimensions which is population-specific.The present retrospective study was carried out in Sulaimani teaching hospital, Sulaimani, Iraq. The study sample consisted of 100 adult patients including 50 females and 50 males aged 20-70 years. All of the patients had CT scanned for their necks and heads over the period June 2017 to March 2019. In order to examine the foramen magnum, its sagittal diameter, transverse diameter, area, index, and circumference were measured. Student’s t-test and histogram were used to analyze the data, and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve and Binary Logistic Regression model were employed to obtain a model for sex determination. We found that women had a lower average value than men in our study. According to the independent t-test results; the genders were significantly different in terms of all measured parameters (p<0.05). As demonstrated by the ROC curve, the predictability of the dimensions in sexing the crania for sagittal diameter, transverse diameter, and area of foramen was respectively 76.0%, 66.0%, and 74.0%. The current study indicated a high percentage of sex predictability regarding the dimensions, areas, and circumference, which is because of the highly significant difference between the genders. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Foramen Magnum Sex Determination Computed | ||
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