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Stewart 1979 cut-offs

The original US femoral head diameter sex classification thresholds derived by T.D. Stewart from a US military and dissection-room sample. Widely cited but not applicable to Indian or South-East Asian populations without downward adjustment of approximately 2-4 mm.

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