Thickness of the human cranial diploe in relation to age, sex and general body build 英文参考文献.docVIP

Head Face Medicine BioMedCentral Research Open Access Thickness of the human cranial diploe in relation to age, sex and general body build Niels Lynnerup*?, Jacob G Astrup? and Birgitte Sejrsen? Address: Laboratory of Biological Anthropology, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Email: Niels Lynnerup* - n.lynnerup@antrolab.ku.dk; Jacob G Astrup - jacobastrup@dadlnet.dk; Birgitte Sejrsen - bs@forensic.ku.dk * Corresponding author ?Equal contributors Published: 20 December 2005 Received: 25 October 2005 Accepted: 20 December 2005 Head Face Medicine 2005, 1:13 doi:10.1186/1746-160X-1-13 This article is available from: /content/1/1/13 ? 2005 Lynnerup et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Earlier studies have addressed the human total cranial vault thickness and generally found no correlation with sex, age or body weight. However, the thickness of the diploe has not been investigated. Our study has determined the diploeic thickness of the human cranial vault using modern autopsy material. Methods: The diploeic bone thickness was measured in 64 individuals (43 males, 21 females) autopsied at our institute. The thickness was measured by X-raying biopsies trephined at four specific locations on the skull. Complete medical records and pathologic autopsy results were available. Results: There was a statistically significant difference in diploeic thickness between males and females in the frontal region only. Diploeic thickness was highly correlated with total cranial vault bone thickness, except for the left euryon in females. Subsequent analyses failed to reveal any correlations between the diploeic thickness and a