PMID- 17478067
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080205
LR  - 20161124
IS  - 1872-6283 (Electronic)
IS  - 0379-0738 (Linking)
VI  - 174
IP  - 1
DP  - 2008 Jan 15
TI  - Age estimation in children by measurement of carpals and epiphyses of radius and 
      ulna and open apices in teeth: a pilot study.
PG  - 60-3
AB  - Estimation of skeletal age using radiographic images is widely used in assessing 
      biological growth in clinical and auxological studies. The most frequently used 
      areas for age estimation in children and adolescents are tooth and wrist/hand, 
      both giving good results with only a low level of radiation. This pilot study of 
      a sample of 150 Italian children and adolescents aged between 5 and 15 years 
      focused on analyzing the possible applications of the proportion of carpal area 
      (Ca) and teeth mineralization as a criterion of age estimation. The regression 
      model, describing age as a linear function of gender (g), the ratio between 
      carpal bones area and carpal area (Bo/Ca) and the measurement of open apices, 
      yielded the following equation [Formula in text]. The model explained 93% of the 
      total variance (R(2)=0.93), the median of the absolute values of residuals 
      (observed age minus predicted age) was 0.465 years, with an inter-quartile range 
      (IQR) equalling 0.529 years, and a standard error of estimate of 0.73 years.
FAU - Cameriere, Roberto
AU  - Cameriere R
AD  - Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Macerata, Via D. Minzoni 9, 62100 
      Macerata, Italy. r.cameriere@unimc.it
FAU - Ferrante, Luigi
AU  - Ferrante L
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20070502
PL  - Ireland
TA  - Forensic Sci Int
JT  - Forensic science international
JID - 7902034
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Age Determination by Skeleton/*methods
MH  - Carpal Bones/*anatomy & histology/diagnostic imaging
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Epiphyses/anatomy & histology/diagnostic imaging
MH  - Female
MH  - Forensic Anthropology/*methods
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Pilot Projects
MH  - Radius/*anatomy & histology/diagnostic imaging
MH  - Regression Analysis
MH  - Tooth Apex/*anatomy & histology/diagnostic imaging
MH  - Ulna/*anatomy & histology/diagnostic imaging
EDAT- 2007/05/05 09:00
MHDA- 2008/02/06 09:00
CRDT- 2007/05/05 09:00
PHST- 2006/10/13 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/02/01 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2007/03/15 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2007/05/05 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/02/06 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/05/05 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0379-0738(07)00164-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.03.013 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Forensic Sci Int. 2008 Jan 15;174(1):60-3. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.03.013. 
      Epub 2007 May 2.