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ASSESSMENT OF AGE, SEX AND STATURE BY SOME ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS IN A SAMPLE OF EGYPTIAN RURAL CHILDREN

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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• Forensic Anthropology

Abstract

Introduction: The stature of an individual is an inherent characteristic; it is considered to be an important assessment in the identification of unknown human remains. Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to find out the statistical correlation between age, sex and stature to anthropometric measurements of head, upper and lower extremities, body mass index (BMI) in a sample of Egyptian rural children at school age (6->13 years). Methodology: The present study was a cross sectional study that was conducted on 350 healthy school children aged 6 – >13 years randomly received from primary schools Behera governorate. Assessment of age, sex and stature was performed through socio – demographic data, and anthropometric measures. Results: In this study among various anthropometric parameters arm span and lower limb length were shown to have strongest correlation with stature, but leg length was highly significant in age 9 years, arm length at 6 & 11 years, head circumference at 7 & 8 years, and head length in age 10 years. Conclusion: The means of most anthropometric measurements were higher in girls, Several regression equations were conducted for estimation of age, sex and stature of children.

DOI

10.21608/ejfsat.2024.306528.1338

Keywords

Age, sex, Stature, Anthropometry, rural children, Egypt

Authors

First Name

mai

Last Name

magdi

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

faculty of medicine Cairo university

Email

dr.maimagdi_83@kasralainy.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Howaida

Last Name

Mohammed

MiddleName

Saeed

Affiliation

kasr Aainy Cairo university

Email

drhsaeedmuhammad@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Nadia

Last Name

Kotb

MiddleName

Abdel Monem

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Faculty of Medicine Cairo University

Email

dr_nadiakotb@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Usama

Last Name

El-Barrany

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

faculty of medicine ,cairo university

Email

ualbarrany@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Maha

Last Name

Mowafy

MiddleName

AbdeLrahman

Affiliation

cairo university

Email

mahamowafy@kasralainy.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Amal

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

Salama

Affiliation

kasrvalainy , Cairo university, Egypt

Email

amalsalamabadawy@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-1979-0650

Volume

24

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

50009

Issue Date

2024-09-01

Receive Date

2024-07-28

Publish Date

2024-09-01

Page Start

59

Page End

74

Print ISSN

1687-0875

Online ISSN

2535-1915

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https://ejfsat.journals.ekb.eg/article_380973.html

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380,973

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Original Article

Type Code

429

Publication Type

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Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences and Applied Toxicology

Publication Link

https://ejfsat.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

ASSESSMENT OF AGE, SEX AND STATURE BY SOME ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS IN A SAMPLE OF EGYPTIAN RURAL CHILDREN

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Created At

23 Dec 2024