AGE AND GENDER FEATURES, CORRELATION WITH INDICATORS OF CRANIOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF THE CRANIAL BASE

Abstract

The article presents the results of a study conducted to investigate age and gender characteristics, as well as correlations with indicators of other craniometric parameters of the length and breadth of the cranial base. 200 male and female skulls were used as material for the study: adolescence age: 20, 1st adulthood: 68, 2nd adulthood: 72, elderly age: 40. On craniological material relating to male age periods, when analyzing the parameter of the length of the cranial base, no statistically significant difference was revealed (PF = 0,075; PH = 0,225). On female skulls, the indicators of the skull base length parameter were statistically significantly different using the Fisher F test (PF = 0,045). Application of the Kruskal-Wallis H test did not reveal such a difference (PH = 0.210). Using the Fisher F test and the Mann-Whitney U test, differences in the length of the skull base were identified between male and female skulls of adolescence (PF = 0.002; PU = 0.003) and second adulthood (PF = 0.001; PU = 0.002). Analysis of male and female skulls in terms of the breadth of the cranial base revealed a statistically significant difference in the first adulthood age using the U-criterion (PU = 0.034), and in the second adulthood age using the F-criterion and U-criterion (PF = 0.050; PU = 0.033). Indicators of the parameters of the length and breadth of the cranial base by age periods and for male and female skulls are given in the form of tables. The correlation of the investigated parameters with 28 craniometric indicators was studied.