Radio-morphometric Analysis of Sella Turcica in the South Indian Population: A Digital Cephalometric Study

Abstract

A higher percentage of both males (70.0%) and females (67.7%) were presented with normal sella. The second best sella presentation was the shallow sella in males (16.2%). The mean antero-posterior diameter was higher in females (12.25 mm) than males (11.74 mm). The mean depth of sella turcica was greater in females (8.08 mm) than males (7.68 mm). Discriminant function analysis was done with gender as a grouping variable and antero-posterior dimensions and sella depth as independent variables. The formula obtained was D = 0.452 (x) +0.295(y)-7.753. (Where "D" is the discriminant score, "x" is antero-posterior diameter of sella, "y" is sella depth). The present study revealed an overall accuracy rate of 58.1% in identifying correct gender using sella measurements.The present study was the first of its kind in the South Indian population and has presented results that justify the use of sella turcica for sex determination. ‫اجلمجمة‬ ‫يف‬ ‫الرتكي‬ ‫ال�سرج‬ ‫لعظم‬ ‫املورفولوجي‬ ‫الراديوي‬ ‫التحليل‬ AbstractThe present study was undertaken to identify the role of radio-morphometric analysis of sella turcica in sex determination. Hence, the present study was undertaken to establish the normal dimensions of sella turcica in the South Indian population with the objective of identifying the role of radio-morphometric analysis of sella turcica in sex determination. Materials and MethodsThe study procedure was explained and institutional

Metric Analysis of Sella Turcica for Sex Identification Using Multidetector Computed Tomography in a Sample of Adult Egyptians.

“…Unlike our results; in Indian population, Sella depth attains the highest overall accuracy (56.9%) in univariate discriminant analysis followed by APD (53.9%) (Subasree and Dharman, 2019). In another Indian study; multivariate discriminant analysis, using only (Sella APD and depth) as independent variables, revealed that the overall accuracy was (58.1%) with higher sensibility in Indian females (58.5%) than Indian males (57.7%) (Kiran et al, 2017). In the current study multivariate discriminant analysis achieved over all accuracy of (52.7%) with higher sensibility in Egyptian males (67.6%) compared to Egyptian females (37.8 %).…”