Metric Analysis of Different Variables at Anterior Border of Hip Bone for Determination of Sex

Introduction: Determination of sex is one of the most important steps in reconstruction of identity of skeletal remains. Various studies have reported metric analysis of different measurements for sexing of hip bone. Very few studies have been carried out on its anterior border. Objective: The present study has been carried out to evaluate the metric analysis of different variables at anterior border of hip bone for determination of sex from hip bone. Methods: A cross sectional study on 140 undamaged hip bones (108 males and 32 females) was carried out in the department of Anatomy at our medical institue, which is an Apex medical center for medicolegal examination of bones. Nine different variables (distance between two points) from anterior border of hip bones obtained from this Apex centre were measured using vernier calipers. The three ratio of notch length were also calculated. These variables were compared using student t-test to analyse the significance. Results: It was found that the mean value for these variables was more in males except the distance between ASIS-AIIS, AIIS-SS, IE-PT and IE-SS, but statistically significant differences in relation to sex were found in only 2 variables (distance between AIIS-IE and IE-SS), which also shows greater sexual dimorphism as compared to other variables. All the ratio of distance was found to be statistically significant except ratio C. Conclusions: These variables at anterior border could be used for determination of sex even from fragmented hip bones in association with other conventional measurements.