Facial metrics as diagnostic tools for sex determination in upper Egypt population

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1 Department of forensic medicine and clinical toxicology. Faculty of Medicine, Aswan University.

2 Department of forensic medicine and clinical toxicology. Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University.

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Background: Anthropometry is the science of measurements on biological objects including humans. Forensic anthropology is a unique field for research. It meets the growing desire for an efficient technology in biological meets. Bulk and form developmental variations represent an ontogenetic path in the adult development. The first exporter for data about the person is facial look that gives idea about the age , race and sex. Objectives: the aim of work is establishment of craniofacial anthropometric norms for nubian and non-nubian young adults in upper Egypt using the measurements to estimate sex and calculation of the cut-off point to reach the most accurate measurements. Methodology: Measurements of 19 facial parameters of 213 healthy young upper Egyptian and Nubian volunteers aged 18-23 years without history of racial parentage and analyzed by SPSS version 20. Results: according to cut-off point among all volunteers, the accuracy data were highest in neck circumference, bi-tragion chin arc and nose protrusion and lowest in maximum frontal breadth. Conclusion: the measurements in NNUEs are close to the middle east and different from European populations while Nubians` measurements were close to Negros.

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