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Regarding the cut-off points, the femoral vertical head diameter, the bilateral width of the tibia, the length of the calcaneus, and the maximum length of the talus presented the best results for sex estimation (89.8%, 88.0%, 85.6%, 85.9%, respectively). Discriminant functions presented correct classification percentages varying between 78.7% and 91.5% for femur, 83.7% and 93.0% for tibia, 84.9% and 86.6% for calcaneus, and 86.6% and 88.5% for talus. 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