Is cranial multi-detector computed tomography imaging valuable for stature estimation in Egyptian population?

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 2 Descriptive statistics and independent sample t test of stature and skull measurements in pooled cases (n = 150 cases), males (n = 80 cases), and females (n = 70 cases)

Measurements	Mean ± SD		Minimum		Maximum		P value
Measurements	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	0.667
Age	38.3 ± 12	39.2 ± 12.8	21 y	21 y	60 y	60 y	< 0.001*
Stature	169.9 ± 6.4	156.9 ± 7.5	153 cm	143 cm	184 cm	175 cm	< 0.001*
XCB	14.4 ± 1.4	13.3 ± 1.1	11 cm	9.5 cm	18.9 cm	17.2 cm	< 0.001*
WFB	9.9 ± 0.5	9.4 ± 0.4	8.6 cm	8.6 cm	11.1 cm	11 cm	< 0.001*
Fmt-fmt	10.9 ± 0.6	10.4 ± 0.7	9.7 cm	8.7 cm	12.8 cm	13.3 cm	< 0.001*
ZYB	14.6 ± 2.1	13 ± 1.4	11.2 cm	11.3 cm	19.4 cm	18.9 cm	< 0.001*
OBH	3.9 ± 0.3	3.7 ± 0.3	3.3 cm	3.1 cm	4.7 cm	4.8 cm	< 0.001*
OBB	4.1 ± 0.4	3.9 ± 0.3	3.4 cm	3.3 cm	4.9 cm	4.8 cm	< 0.001*
PAC	12 ± 1	11.6 ± 0.8	9.5 cm	9.9 cm	16.7 cm	14.3 cm	0.007*
BMS	10.5 ± 0.6	10 ± 0.5	8.7 cm	8.5 cm	12.4 cm	10.9 cm	< 0.001*
GOL	18.5 ± 1	17.8 ± 0.8	14.8 cm	16.3 cm	20.9 cm	20.6 cm	< 0.001*
BBH	13.9 ± 0.7	13.4 ± 0.5	11 cm	11.8 cm	15.1 cm	14.8 cm	< 0.001*
BNL	10.4 ± 1.2	10 ± 0.6	8 cm	8.6 cm	16.6 cm	11.4 cm	0.005*
BPL	10.2 ± 0.9	9.7 ± 0.5	8.3 cm	8.2 cm	15 cm	10.8 cm	< 0.001*

All skull parameters and stature were measured in centimeter
SD standard deviation, XCB maximum cranial breadth, WFB minimum frontal breadth, fmt-fmt upper facial breadth, ZYB bizygomatic breadth, OBH orbital height, OBB orbital breadth, PAC parietal chord, BMS bi-mastoidale, GOL maximum cranial length, BBH basion-bregma height, BNL cranial base length, BPL basion-prosthion length