Age estimation at death by the study of chest plate radiographs: establishing a Tunisian male score.
Adolescent
Adult
Age Determination by Skeleton
/ methods
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Autopsy
Child
Double-Blind Method
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Osteogenesis
Prospective Studies
Reference Values
Regression Analysis
Reproducibility of Results
Statistics, Nonparametric
Sternocostal Joints
/ diagnostic imaging
Tunisia
/ ethnology
Age
Anthropology
Forensic medicine
Radiography
Rib
Sternum
Journal
International journal of legal medicine
ISSN: 1437-1596
Titre abrégé: Int J Legal Med
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9101456
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2020
Mar 2020
Historique:
received:
17
01
2019
accepted:
03
06
2019
pubmed:
16
6
2019
medline:
20
11
2020
entrez:
16
6
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We aim to establish a Tunisian score for age estimation through the study of chest plate's radiographs of a Tunisian male sample. We have focused on the study of 128 chest plate radiographs of Tunisian male individuals. We have established a score of eight criteria. The total score ranges from 8 to 32. Three observers scored double-blind the X-ray films. We studied the correlation of each criterion as well as the total score with chronological age for each observer. We also tested the reproducibility and the repeatability of criteria and total score. We calculated the estimated age for each score. We studied the relationship between the estimated age and the chronological age. The correlation between the total score and the chronological age has been good for the three observers (0.746, 0.756 and 0.742). The total score gives an estimation of age with a standard deviation of ± 5.88 years and a confidence interval of 95%, the interval's width increases gradually from 6.9 years to 23 years.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31201501
doi: 10.1007/s00414-019-02101-5
pii: 10.1007/s00414-019-02101-5
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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