在西班牙样本中应用DSP2用于生物性别估计:基于性别和侧面的分析
Marta San-Millán1, Varsha Warrier2, Anna Carrera3
1Medical Sciences Department, Clinical Anatomy, Embryology and Neuroscience Research Group (NEOMA), Faculty of Medicine, University of Girona, Girona, Spain. m.sanmillan@udg.edu.
International journal of legal medicine
|November 15, 2024
概括
DSP2方法准确地估计了西班牙人的骨性别,显示出高可靠性和适用性. 这项研究验证了西班牙法医人类学的方法,女性和左骨产生更好的结果.
科学领域:
- 法医人类学 法医人类学
- 生物学人类学 生物学人类学
- 人类骨科人类骨科
背景情况:
- 现有的性别估计方法需要在不同人群中进行验证.
- 数字性别测定程序2 (DSP2) 是一个广泛使用的工具,但它对干燥西班牙骨遗骸的适用性以前没有被评估.
- 法医案例工作需要可靠的性别估计技术来准确识别.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估DSP2性别估计方法的可靠性,适用性和准确性,在西班牙记录的骨样本中.
- 调查DSP2表现的潜在侧面 (左侧与右侧骨) 和基于性别的差异.
- 为验证DSP2方法在西班牙法医人类学背景下使用.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自马德里法医学院的157个人的303个关节骨.
- 应用DSP2方法论,评估评价者内部可靠性,适用率百分比和性别准确性.
- 检查结果的基于性别和基于侧面的变化,以及调整后方概率值的影响.
主要成果:
- 对于大多数DSP2变量,观察到高的intra-rater可靠性和适用性 (>85.0%).
- 总的来说,性别精确度超过了94.0%,尽管精确度随着更少或更少的歧视性变量而下降.
- 与男性相比,女性表现出更高的适用性,性别率和准确性;左骨通常表现更好.
结论:
- 据证实,DSP2方法是西班牙骨种群中性别估计的可靠和准确工具.
- 这项研究强调了基于性别的表现差异,女性和左关节骨产生了优异的结果.
- 未来的研究应该探索DSP2在虚拟人类学和其他全球人口中的适用性.
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