Abstract: Twelve items of the tibiae of 100 Chinese adults (50 males and 50 females) were measured after Martin's method. The distal epiphysis breadth, the sagittal diameter of distal epiphysis, and the sagittal diameter at the level of nutrient foramen were chosen with the stepwise discriminatory analysis method to construct discriminant equations. The percentage of corrections was 77%, and only the distal epiphysis breadth could give 71% in determining sex. The results were compared with the data of American Whites and Negroes.

Key words: Tibia; Stepwise discriminatory analysis