1Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Management & Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
2School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang, Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
3Research Department of Chemistry, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamilnadu, India
*Corresponding Author: Prof. T. Nataraja Moorthy, Professor of Forensic Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Management & Science University, Section 13, 40100Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. Email: nataraajan64@msu.edu.my
Online published on 2 November, 2022.
Gender determination is a vital tool for the anthropologist during crime scene investigation, narrowing down the suspects and building a biological profile. During crime operations, criminals used to hide their faces by wearing masks or helmets but uncover their eyes for the vision that forms a valuable clue for identification. Here, the only choice of identification evidence are the eyes.Eye morphometryis affected by ethnicity, socioeconomic status, regions and country. Hence, this study investigated the relationship between gender and eye morphometry among the Malaysian Chinese population, the first-ever anthropological study in Malaysia. A total of 127 consenting volunteers (63 males and 64 females) aged 18 to 40 years were enrolled under the convenience sampling method. The eye morphometric measurements in this study are Interpupillary Distance (IPD), Interocular Breadth (IOB), Ocular Width (OW) and Binocular Breadth (BOB). Following the standard procedure, the measurements were taken using a digital vernier calliper. The data were analysed using independent t-test. All parameters showed significant gender differences except for IOB. Therefore, the eye morphometric analysis is a promising method for gender determination among the Malaysian Chinese population.
Forensic Anthropology, Gender, Eye morphometry, Malaysian Chinese
