Craniometric study of the Orbital Index in brazilian skulls
ABSTRACT Objetive To determine the percentage of correctness of the Orbital Index (OI) for estimation of sex, ancestry and age in Brazilian skulls. Methods Cross-sectional study of 183 human dry skulls from the southeastern Brazil. A total of 100 skeletons were males and 83 females; of which 36 we...
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| author | Larissa Chaves Cardoso FERNANDES Patrícia Moreira RABELLO Bianca Marques SANTIAGO Marcus Vitor Diniz de CARVALHO Manoel Raimundo de SENA JÚNIOR Evelyne Pessoa SORIANO Eduardo DARUGE JÚNIOR |
| author_facet | Larissa Chaves Cardoso FERNANDES Patrícia Moreira RABELLO Bianca Marques SANTIAGO Marcus Vitor Diniz de CARVALHO Manoel Raimundo de SENA JÚNIOR Evelyne Pessoa SORIANO Eduardo DARUGE JÚNIOR |
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| description | ABSTRACT Objetive To determine the percentage of correctness of the Orbital Index (OI) for estimation of sex, ancestry and age in Brazilian skulls. Methods Cross-sectional study of 183 human dry skulls from the southeastern Brazil. A total of 100 skeletons were males and 83 females; of which 36 were aged up to 39 years, 60 aged between 40 and 59 years, and 87 aged 60 years or older. As for ancestry, 103 were from white, 51 mixed race, and 29 black individuals. The OI was calculate by the formula = height/width x 100. The data were submitted to Student’s t test, F (ANOVA), Tukey and Kruskal Wallis tests as well as to discriminant analysis, with a 5% significance level. Results The sample was characterized as mesoseme, with a mean age of 56.62 (±19.97) years. No significant difference was observed (p=0.511) between the OI in females (right: 86.43 ± 6.58 and left: 86.70 ± 5.93) and males (right: 85.78 ± 6.69 and left: 86.37 ± 6.20). There were no significant differences between age, ancestry and the variables analyzed (p>0.05). The right and left orbital widths were significantly dimorphic between sexes (p<0.001). The percentage of correctness of the method for estimation of sex, age and ancestry was found to be 65.6%, 43.7%, and 43.6%, respectively. Conclusions The OI is not an appropriate method for estimation of sex, ancestry and estimation of age in this Brazilian sample. The methodology should be expanded to other population groups so that it can be improved. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0c72c414bbc7476fba25ea18804ef76a2023-06-28T23:14:40ZengFaculdade São Leopoldo MandicRGO: Revista Gaúcha de Odontologia1981-86372021-05-016910.1590/1981-86372021001320190115Craniometric study of the Orbital Index in brazilian skullsLarissa Chaves Cardoso FERNANDEShttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3136-6585Patrícia Moreira RABELLOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5433-6982Bianca Marques SANTIAGOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9559-913XMarcus Vitor Diniz de CARVALHOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1270-2352Manoel Raimundo de SENA JÚNIORhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3693-4003Evelyne Pessoa SORIANOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8337-0194Eduardo DARUGE JÚNIORhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6565-3203ABSTRACT Objetive To determine the percentage of correctness of the Orbital Index (OI) for estimation of sex, ancestry and age in Brazilian skulls. Methods Cross-sectional study of 183 human dry skulls from the southeastern Brazil. A total of 100 skeletons were males and 83 females; of which 36 were aged up to 39 years, 60 aged between 40 and 59 years, and 87 aged 60 years or older. As for ancestry, 103 were from white, 51 mixed race, and 29 black individuals. The OI was calculate by the formula = height/width x 100. The data were submitted to Student’s t test, F (ANOVA), Tukey and Kruskal Wallis tests as well as to discriminant analysis, with a 5% significance level. Results The sample was characterized as mesoseme, with a mean age of 56.62 (±19.97) years. No significant difference was observed (p=0.511) between the OI in females (right: 86.43 ± 6.58 and left: 86.70 ± 5.93) and males (right: 85.78 ± 6.69 and left: 86.37 ± 6.20). There were no significant differences between age, ancestry and the variables analyzed (p>0.05). The right and left orbital widths were significantly dimorphic between sexes (p<0.001). The percentage of correctness of the method for estimation of sex, age and ancestry was found to be 65.6%, 43.7%, and 43.6%, respectively. Conclusions The OI is not an appropriate method for estimation of sex, ancestry and estimation of age in this Brazilian sample. The methodology should be expanded to other population groups so that it can be improved.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-86372021000100304&tlng=enAge groupsEthnic groupsForensic anthropologyOrbitSexual dimorphismSkull |
| spellingShingle | Larissa Chaves Cardoso FERNANDES Patrícia Moreira RABELLO Bianca Marques SANTIAGO Marcus Vitor Diniz de CARVALHO Manoel Raimundo de SENA JÚNIOR Evelyne Pessoa SORIANO Eduardo DARUGE JÚNIOR Craniometric study of the Orbital Index in brazilian skulls RGO: Revista Gaúcha de Odontologia Age groups Ethnic groups Forensic anthropology Orbit Sexual dimorphism Skull |
| title | Craniometric study of the Orbital Index in brazilian skulls |
| title_full | Craniometric study of the Orbital Index in brazilian skulls |
| title_fullStr | Craniometric study of the Orbital Index in brazilian skulls |
| title_full_unstemmed | Craniometric study of the Orbital Index in brazilian skulls |
| title_short | Craniometric study of the Orbital Index in brazilian skulls |
| title_sort | craniometric study of the orbital index in brazilian skulls |
| topic | Age groups Ethnic groups Forensic anthropology Orbit Sexual dimorphism Skull |
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