Morphometric sex estimation using mastoid triangle: A prospective study

Abstract

In the evaluation of unidentified skeletal remains one important step is to estimate the sex of the remains. The morphometric analysis  of the mastoid triangle for sex estimation in and around Mangaluru District was the objective of the study. The present study was  conducted on 50 male and 50 female bodies subjected to medico-legal autopsy at Justice K. S. Hegde Charitable Hospital. The  quantitative variables, and the area were expressed in terms of mean and standard deviation along with the utility of measurements  which was evaluated for sensitivity and specificity of using ROC curve. The study confirms the low accuracy of the mastoid triangle  with respect to sex estimation.