The impact of age on the morphology of the 12th thoracic vertebral endplates.

ABSTRACT: The current article explores the aging effects on the overall morphology of the endplates of the 12th thoracic vertebra (T12), while screening for sex differences. It further evaluates the suitability of T12 for estimating age-at-death in bioarcheaological contexts. We captured the morphology of the vertebral endplates, including the formation of osteophytes, in a novel continuous quantitative manner using digital photography. 168 Greek adults from the Athens Collection were used for modeling the aging effects and another 107 individuals from two Danish archaeological assemblages for evaluation. Regression analysis is based on generalized additive models for correlating age-at-death and morphological variation. Our proposed measurement method is highly reliable (R>0.98) and the main differ

SUBMITTER: Garoufi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9747336 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature