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Erschienen in: International Journal of Legal Medicine 3/2017

27.10.2016 | Original Article

Proposal of new regression formulae for the estimation of age in infant skeletal remains from the metric study of the pars basilaris

verfasst von: Javier Irurita Olivares, Inmaculada Alemán Aguilera

Erschienen in: International Journal of Legal Medicine | Ausgabe 3/2017

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Abstract

In the context of physical and forensic anthropology, when a child’s skeleton is damaged or in poor condition, which is common, many of the metric methods for the estimation of skeletal age cannot be used. In these circumstances, those more resistant bones, such as the pars basilaris, will be most useful. The aims of this study were to test existing methods for estimating skeletal age from the metric study of the pars basilaris and to propose new regression formulae. One hundred fourteen individuals aged between 5 months of gestation and 6 years were analyzed; seven measures were taken from each pars basilaris using a digital caliper. The chronological age was compared with the estimated age using the methods published by Fazekas and Kósa in 1978 and by Scheuer and MacLaughlin in 1994. New regression formulae are proposed, obtained by classical calibration, which include confidence intervals at 50 and 97.5 % to express the error. With both methods, significant differences were observed; the method of Fazekas and Kósa shows a tendency to underestimate the age, and the method of Scheuer and MacLaughlin tends to overestimate it. The proposed formulae represent a good tool for estimating age in many different contexts because they are relatively easy to apply, although other analysis systems, such as Bayesian approach or geometric morphometry, offer more robust and effective results.
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Metadaten
Titel
Proposal of new regression formulae for the estimation of age in infant skeletal remains from the metric study of the pars basilaris
verfasst von
Javier Irurita Olivares
Inmaculada Alemán Aguilera
Publikationsdatum
27.10.2016
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
International Journal of Legal Medicine / Ausgabe 3/2017
Print ISSN: 0937-9827
Elektronische ISSN: 1437-1596
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-016-1478-1

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