Age estimation by evaluating median palatine suture closure using postmortem CT.
age estimation
forensic anthropology
median palatine suture
postmortem computed tomography
suture closure score
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:
Jul 2023
Jul 2023
Historique:
received:
05
09
2022
accepted:
14
03
2023
medline:
9
6
2023
pubmed:
19
4
2023
entrez:
19
04
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study sought to develop an age-estimation formula to evaluate the extent of median palatine suture (MP) closure using postmortem computed tomographic (PMCT) images. The PMCT images of 634 Japanese subjects (mean age, 54.5 years; standard deviation [SD], 23.2 years) with known age and sex were examined. The degree of suture closure of the MP, anterior median palatine suture (AMP), and posterior median palatine suture (PMP) was measured and scored (suture closure score, SCS), and a single linear regression analysis was conducted with age at death. On the analysis, SCS of MP, AMP, and PMP showed a significant correlation with age (p < 0.001). The correlation coefficient of MP was higher (0.760, male; 0.803, female; and 0.779, total) than that of AMP (0.726, male; 0.745, female; and 0.735, total) or PMP (0.457, male; 0.630, female; and 0.549, total). The regression formula and standard error of estimation (SEE) of MP were calculated as Age = 100.95 × SCS + 20.51 (SEE 14.87 years) for male subjects, Age = 91.93 × SCS + 26.65 (SEE 14.12 years) for female subjects, and Age = 95.17 × SCS + 24.09 (SEE 14.59 years) for the total, respectively. In addition, another 50 Japanese subjects were randomly selected to validate the age-estimation formula. In this validation, the actual age of 36 subjects (72%) was within the estimated age ± SEE. This study showed that the age estimation formula using PMCT images of MPs was potentially useful for estimating the age of unidentified corpses.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37074412
doi: 10.1007/s00414-023-02994-3
pii: 10.1007/s00414-023-02994-3
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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