1Tutor, GMERS Medical College, Dharpur, Patan
2Assistant Professor, GMERS Medical College, Junagadh
3Professor & Head, P.D.U Medical College, Rajkot
*Corresponding Author-Dr. Jitendra A. Tanna Assistant Professor, Forensic Medicine Dept, GMERS Medical College, Junagadh, E-mail- jitu_tanna1@yahoo.com
Online published on 8 August, 2019.
There is tremendous need for Indian data regarding the age of closure of cranial sutures. So, current study was undertaken at S.S.G. Hospital, Vadodara for a period of 1 year.
All cases of known age coming for the postmortem examination in which the victim is between 21–40 years of age were taken for the study. Both ectocranial and endocranial state were taken into consideration.
In female subjects, significant correlation was found in sagittal, coronal and lambdoid suture closure in both ectocranially and endocranially in 21–30 age group (Table 2). In 31–40 age group significant correlation was found in coronal suture right and left side ectocranially.
Spearman rank correlation coefficients, Levene's test for equality of variances, Student's t test for equality of means, STATAIC-13 software was used.
Many of the findings of current study were correlated with earlier studies, while others were found contradictory. Further detailed study with larger sample size is required.
Age-estimation, Cranial sutures
