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Trabecular bone score (TBS) is a tool to improve evaluation of DXA scans, barely used in children. We proposed to evaluate TBS with bone age (BA) compared to chronological age (CA). In girls, TBS value using BA is constant until age 8, and in boys until age 10, and then starts to increase steadily. This data may help widen TBS use in pediatric populations. INTRODUCTION: Trabecular bone score (TBS) is a software-based tool for the analysis of DXA images to assess bone microarchitecture in the lumbar region. It is used widely in adults to improve evaluation of fracture risk, yet it has been rarely studied in children and no normal curves have been developed for pediatrics. The purpose of this study was to evaluate bone (skeletal) age compared to chronological age to determine which is better in the pediatric population since both bone age (BA) and trabecular density are equally susceptible to change in response to similar factors. METHODS: Total body, lumbar region, and non-dominant hand scans were obtained with an iDXA device in all participants. DXA scans of lumbar region for TBS analysis and AP images of non-dominant hand-for-BA were obtained for 565 children (269 female) aged 4to 19. RESULTS: Simple correlation was calculated and r2 values for TBS and chronological age were obtained by linear regression, with low correlations (0.36 for boys and 0.38 for girls), and then we created Loess curves to show the change for consecutive ages. In girls, the curve forms a U shape with a nadir point at approximately age 10. We then replaced chronological age with BA, and significant change was seen in the girls' curve, where a turning point is seen at age 8. In boys, a similar trend shows a turning point at age 10. Finally, BA-corrected TBS curves were constructed using LMS, obtaining curves with percentiles. CONCLUSIONS: The use of BA in the analysis and interpretation of TBS may help widen its use in pediatric populations by enabling the appearance of normative data, but more information is needed to confirm this finding.
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Absorciometria de Fóton/estatística & dados numéricos , Determinação da Idade pelo Esqueleto/estatística & dados numéricos , Osso Esponjoso/diagnóstico por imagem , Absorciometria de Fóton/métodos , Adolescente , Densidade Óssea/fisiologia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Análise Fatorial , Feminino , Mãos/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Vértebras Lombares/diagnóstico por imagem , Vértebras Lombares/fisiologia , Masculino , Valores de Referência , Adulto JovemRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to evaluate the effect of biological maturity on body composition in Brazilian adolescent athletes, to verify the accuracy of previous bioimpedance predictive equations for estimating fat-free mass (FFM), and to develop new predictive equations, considering sexual and skeletal maturity. METHODS: There were 318 Brazilian adolescent athletes (52% male) involved in this study. FFM was determined using single-frequency (50 kHz) bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), which was used as the reference method. The adolescents were classified into skeletally mature using bone age (both sexes), and sexually mature using menarche occurrence (female). The effect of maturity on bioelectrical values was tested using bioelectrical impedance vector analysis. Three predictive BIA equations to estimate FFM were selected from the reviewed literature. Lin's concordance correlation coefficient and Bland-Altman test were used to test the concordance and accuracy of BIA equations. Stepwise multiple regression was used to develop new predictive equations, considering BIA vectors, age, skeletal, and sexual maturity. RESULTS: DXA and BIA results showed wide limits of disagreement for FFM for all the three equations. Two new equation models were developed, including age and skeletal maturity for both sexes and menarche status for females. Both models showed high R2 (malesâ¯=â¯0.92 and femalesâ¯=â¯0.84). CONCLUSIONS: The assessment of body composition in adolescent athletes should consider sexual (female) or skeletal (male) maturity. The newly proposed equations showed promising results in Brazilian adolescent athletes. A test in different groups and populations is necessary to evaluate the general suitability of the equations in adolescents.
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Determinação da Idade pelo Esqueleto/estatística & dados numéricos , Fatores Etários , Antropometria/métodos , Índice de Massa Corporal , Impedância Elétrica , Absorciometria de Fóton , Adolescente , Composição Corporal , Brasil , Criança , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Maturidade SexualRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To correlate skeletal age, standing height, upper and lower body lengths, and selected craniofacial growth features in a sample of growing individuals, and to model craniofacial growth using multivariate regression. METHODS: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study with 447 African black boys and girls, between the ages 8 and 16 years, who attended the dental clinic at one hospital. The skeletal maturational age was determined from hand-wrist radiographs using the Greulich and Pyle atlas. Craniofacial measurements representing maxillary length (Ar-ANS), mandibular length (Ar-Gn), and lower facial height (ANS-Me) were calculated from lateral cephalograms in habitual occlusion. Body lengths were clinically measured in centimeters. RESULTS: Moderate correlations (r=0.42 to 0.68) were observed between skeletal age and the three selected craniofacial measurements. Statistically significant correlations were also found between the craniofacial measurements and both upper and lower body lengths. The mandibular length had a stronger correlation with the upper body length than with the lower body length. Multiple regression analyses to determine maxillary and mandibular lengths suggested that sex, upper and lower body lengths might be used to determine maxillary length; while skeletal age, upper and lower body lengths might help determine mandibular length. CONCLUSIONS: Based on the relatively strong correlation between upper body length and mandibular length, further research in this area may warrant its use as a predictor for mandibular growth modification timing.
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Determinação da Idade pelo Esqueleto/estatística & dados numéricos , Estatura , Oclusão Dentária , Ossos Faciais/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Mandíbula/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Maxila/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Crânio/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Adolescente , Negro ou Afro-Americano , Fatores Etários , Animais , Cefalometria/estatística & dados numéricos , Criança , Estudos Transversais , Ossos Faciais/anatomia & histologia , Feminino , Humanos , Modelos Lineares , Masculino , Mandíbula/anatomia & histologia , Maxila/anatomia & histologia , Análise Multivariada , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores Sexuais , Crânio/anatomia & histologiaRESUMO
ABSTRACT Objective: To correlate skeletal age, standing height, upper and lower body lengths, and selected craniofacial growth features in a sample of growing individuals, and to model craniofacial growth using multivariate regression. Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study with 447 African black boys and girls, between the ages 8 and 16 years, who attended the dental clinic at one hospital. The skeletal maturational age was determined from hand-wrist radiographs using the Greulich and Pyle atlas. Craniofacial measurements representing maxillary length (Ar-ANS), mandibular length (Ar-Gn), and lower facial height (ANS-Me) were calculated from lateral cephalograms in habitual occlusion. Body lengths were clinically measured in centimeters. Results: Moderate correlations (r=0.42 to 0.68) were observed between skeletal age and the three selected craniofacial measurements. Statistically significant correlations were also found between the craniofacial measurements and both upper and lower body lengths. The mandibular length had a stronger correlation with the upper body length than with the lower body length. Multiple regression analyses to determine maxillary and mandibular lengths suggested that sex, upper and lower body lengths might be used to determine maxillary length; while skeletal age, upper and lower body lengths might help determine mandibular length. Conclusions: Based on the relatively strong correlation between upper body length and mandibular length, further research in this area may warrant its use as a predictor for mandibular growth modification timing.
RESUMO Objetivo: correlacionar a idade esquelética, a estatura, as alturas corporais superior e inferior, e algumas características específicas do crescimento craniofacial, em uma amostra de indivíduos em crescimento, e delinear o crescimento craniofacial usando regressão multivariada. Métodos: esse estudo transversal retrospectivo foi feito com 447 meninos e meninas negros africanos, com idades entre 8 e 16 anos, atendidos na clínica odontológica de um hospital. A maturação esquelética, em anos, foi determinada a partir de radiografias de mão e punho, usando o atlas de Greulich e Pyle. As medidas craniofaciais representando o comprimento maxilar (Ar-ENA), o comprimento mandibular (Ar-Gn) e a altura facial anterior inferior (ENA-Me) foram calculadas a partir de cefalogramas laterais em oclusão habitual. Os comprimentos corporais foram medidos clinicamente, em centímetros. Resultados: correlações moderadas (r = 0,42 a 0,68) foram observadas entre a idade esquelética e as três medidas craniofaciais selecionadas. Também foram encontradas correlações estatisticamente significativas entre as medidas craniofaciais e as alturas corporais superior e inferior. O comprimento mandibular teve uma correlação mais forte com a altura corporal superior do que com a inferior. As análises de regressão múltipla para determinar os comprimentos maxilar e mandibular sugeriram que o sexo e as alturas corporais superior e inferior podem ser usados para determinar o comprimento maxilar, enquanto a idade esquelética e as alturas corporais superior e inferior podem ajudar a determinar o comprimento mandibular. Conclusões: com base na correlação relativamente forte entre a altura corporal superior e comprimento mandibular, pesquisas adicionais nessa área poderiam justificar seu uso como indicador para o período de modificação do crescimento mandibular.
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Humanos , Animais , Masculino , Feminino , Criança , Adolescente , Crânio/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Estatura , Determinação da Idade pelo Esqueleto/estatística & dados numéricos , Oclusão Dentária , Ossos Faciais/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Mandíbula/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Maxila/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Crânio/anatomia & histologia , Negro ou Afro-Americano , Modelos Lineares , Fatores Sexuais , Cefalometria/estatística & dados numéricos , Estudos Transversais , Análise Multivariada , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores Etários , Ossos Faciais/anatomia & histologia , Mandíbula/anatomia & histologia , Maxila/anatomia & histologiaRESUMO
Introducción: en las prácticas médicas, ortopédicas y odontológicas se ha reconocido la importancia de diferenciar la edad cronológica de la edad esquelética o maduración ósea. La estimación del desarrollo óseo a partir de las vértebras cervicales es un método que se ha comprobado como confiable. Objetivo: relacionar los estadios de maduración ósea desde las vértebras cervicales según lo describe Baccetti y la edad cronológica en niños y adolescentes entre 8 y 14 años que asistieron a una clínica odontológica. Métodos: la muestra seleccionada fue probabilística y estuvo conformada por un total de 130 niños de la ciudad de Cali, Colombia. Se tomó una radiografía lateral de cráneo y se evaluaron los estadios de maduración ósea vertebral cervical bajo los estándares del método descrito por Baccetti. Resultados: el coeficiente de correlación entre la edad cronológica y estadios de maduración cervical fue r= 0,69, lo que muestra una moderada relación entre estas dos variables para los niños estudiados. Los estadios de maduración y el sexo explicaron el 50,4 % de la variabilidad de la edad cronológica. Para todos los estadios de maduración se encontraron diferencias significativas (p< 0,001). Los niños varones presentaron mayores estadios iniciales de maduración, aunque no se encontró diferencias significativas en función del sexo (p> 0,05). Conclusiones: Se logra determinar un modelo para explicar la variación de la edad cronológica del niño en función del estadio de maduración ósea cervical y el sexo del niño basado en la relacion positiva moderada entre la edad cronologica y la maduración osea evidenciada hasta el estadio C3(AU)
Introduction: the importance of distinguishing chronological from skeletal age or bone maturation has been recognized in medical, orthopedic and dental practice. Estimation of bone development on the basis of cervical vertebrae has proved to be a reliable method. Objective: relate the stages of bone maturation based on cervical vertebral development as described by Baccetti to the chronological age of children and adolescents aged 8-14 years attending a dental clinic. Methods: probabilistic sampling was used to select 130 children from the city of Cali, Colombia. Lateral skull radiography was performed to evaluate the stages of cervical vertebral bone maturation using the method described by Baccetti. Results: the correlation coefficient between chronological age and cervical maturation stage was r= 0.69, showing a moderate relationship between the two variables for the children studied. Maturation stages and gender accounted for 50.4 % of the variability in chronological age. Significant differences were found for all maturation stages (p< 0.001). Boys had higher initial maturation stages, though significant differences were not found between the genders (p> 0.05). Conclusions: It is possible to determine a model to explain the change in chronological age depending on the stage of cervical bone maturation and sex of the child, based on moderate positive relationship between chronological age and bone maturation evidenced through C3 stadium(AU)
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Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Criança , Adolescente , Determinação da Idade pelo Esqueleto/estatística & dados numéricos , Desenvolvimento Ósseo , Vértebras Cervicais/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Determinação da Idade pelos Dentes/métodosRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of CBCT three-dimensional (3D) reconstructions and sagittal sections for estimates of cervical vertebrae maturation index (CVMI). METHODS: The sample consisted of 72 CBCT examinations from patients aged 8-16 years (45 females and 27 males) selected from the archives of two private clinics. Two calibrated observers (kappa scores: ≥0.901) interpreted the CBCT settings twice. Intra- and interobserver agreement for both imaging exhibition modes was analyzed by kappa statistics, which was also used to analyze the agreement between 3D reconstructions and sagittal sections. Correlations between cervical vertebrae maturation estimates and chronological age, as well as between the assessments by 3D reconstructions and sagittal sections, were analyzed using gamma Goodman-Kruskal coefficients (α = 0.05). RESULTS: The kappa scores evidenced almost perfect agreement between the first and second assessments of the cervical vertebrae by 3D reconstructions (0.933-0.983) and sagittal sections (0.983-1.000). Similarly, the agreement between 3D reconstructions and sagittal sections was almost perfect (kappa index: 0.983). In most divergent cases, the difference between 3D reconstructions and sagittal sections was one stage of CVMI. Strongly positive correlations (>0.8, p < 0.001) were found not only between chronological age and CVMI but also between the estimates by 3D reconstructions and sagittal sections (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Although CBCT imaging must not be used exclusively for this purpose, it may be suitable for skeletal maturity assessments.
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Determinação da Idade pelo Esqueleto/métodos , Vértebras Cervicais/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Tomografia Computadorizada de Feixe Cônico/métodos , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador/métodos , Imageamento Tridimensional/métodos , Adolescente , Determinação da Idade pelo Esqueleto/estatística & dados numéricos , Fatores Etários , Cefalometria/métodos , Cefalometria/estatística & dados numéricos , Vértebras Cervicais/diagnóstico por imagem , Criança , Tomografia Computadorizada de Feixe Cônico/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Humanos , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador/estatística & dados numéricos , Imageamento Tridimensional/estatística & dados numéricos , Masculino , Variações Dependentes do Observador , Puberdade , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Radiographic bone age determination is part of the routine evaluation of suspected growth disorders. Simplicity and low cost are its major advantages, but although the effective dose of ionizing radiation is low, it should be taken into consideration given its cumulative effect. OBJECTIVES: To assess the chronological ultrasonographic emergence of the ossification centers of the hand and wrist. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Cross-sectional study of healthy patients ages 1 to 24 months (n=498) from Buenos Aires, Argentina. All patients underwent ultrasonographic evaluation of the left hand and wrist to identify the different bone nuclei; a subgroup of infants had their nuclei measured (n=228). RESULTS: Girls showed an earlier emergence of the evaluated nuclei and a trend to a greater size than age-matched boys. Size-for-age relation showed linear increase. Carpal bones (capitate and hamate) were the first to appear, as early as from the first 3 months of life, an age gap not thoroughly present on the radiographic atlas developed by Greulich and Pyle. The distal epiphysis of the radius and the second metacarpophalangeal joint (index finger) followed in order of emergence. The proximal epiphysis of the first metacarpal bone (thumb) was the last to emerge and was infrequently found on boys at age 24 months. Overall, these findings are in accordance with the radiographic atlas. An ultrasonography atlas of the left hand and wrist was outlined for girls and boys. CONCLUSION: Conventional ultrasonography allows proper identification of the ossification centers of the hand and wrist and may become an innocuous follow-up tool for patients with growth disorders.
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Determinação da Idade pelo Esqueleto/métodos , Determinação da Idade pelo Esqueleto/estatística & dados numéricos , Mãos/diagnóstico por imagem , Articulação do Punho/diagnóstico por imagem , Pré-Escolar , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Valores de Referência , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Fatores Sexuais , UltrassonografiaRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: To perform a systematic review with meta-analysis to answer the question: is the cervical vertebrae maturation index (CVMI) effective to replace hand-wrist radiograph (gold standard) in determining the pubertal growth spurt in patients undergoing bone growth? METHODS: A search in three databases was performed, in which studies were selected that compared one of the two main assessment methods for cervical vertebrae (Hassel B, Farman AG. Skeletal maturation evaluation using cervical vertebrae. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 1995; 107: 58-66, or Baccetti T, Franchi L, McNamara JA Jr. An improved version of the cervical vertebral maturation (CVM) method for the assessment of mandibular growth. Angle Orthod 2002; 72: 316-23) to a carpal assessment method. The main methodological data from each of the texts were collected and tabulated after. Later, the meta-analysis of the correlation coefficients obtained was performed. RESULTS: 19 articles were selected from an initial 206 articles collected. Regardless of the method used, the results of the meta-analysis showed that every article selected presented a positive correlation between skeletal maturation assessment performed by cervical vertebrae and carpal methods, with discrepancy of values between genders indicating higher correlation for the female gender (0.925; 0.878) than for the male (0.879; 0.842). When the assessment was performed without gender separation, correlation was significant (0.592; 0.688) but lower in the cases when genders were separated. CONCLUSIONS: With the results of this meta-analysis, it is safe to affirm that both CVMIs used in the present study are reliable to replace the hand-wrist radiograph in predicting the pubertal growth spurt, considering that the highest values were found in female samples, especially in the method by Hassel and Farman.
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Determinação da Idade pelo Esqueleto/estatística & dados numéricos , Vértebras Cervicais/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Desenvolvimento Ósseo/fisiologia , Ossos do Carpo/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Humanos , Ossos Metacarpais/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Puberdade/fisiologia , Reprodutibilidade dos TestesRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: This study was conducted with the aim of adapting the methods developed by Martins and Sakima to assess skeletal maturation by cervical vertebrae in the pubertal growth spurt (PGS) curve. It also aimed to test the reliability and agreement between those methods and the method of hand and wrist radiograph when compared two by two and all together. METHODS: The sample comprised 72 radiographs, with 36 lateral radiographs of the head and 36 hand-wrist radiographs of 36 subjects with Down's syndrome (DS), 13 female and 23 male, aged between 8 years and 6 months and 18 years and 7 months, with an average age of 13 years and 10 months. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Results revealed that adapting the methods developed by Martins and Sakima to assess skeletal maturation by cervical vertebrae in the PGS curve is practical and useful in determining the stage of growth and development of individuals. The stages of maturation evaluated by cervical vertebrae and ossification centers observed in radiographs of the hand and wrist were considered reliable, with excellent level of agreement between the methods by Hassel and Farman as well as Baccetti, Franchi and McNamara Jr and Martins and Sakima. Additionally, results revealed an agreement that ranged between reasonable to good for the three methods used to assess the skeletal maturation, showing statistical significance.
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Desenvolvimento Ósseo/fisiologia , Ossos do Carpo/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Vértebras Cervicais/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Síndrome de Down/fisiopatologia , Ossos da Mão/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Puberdade/fisiologia , Adolescente , Determinação da Idade pelo Esqueleto/métodos , Determinação da Idade pelo Esqueleto/estatística & dados numéricos , Ossos do Carpo/diagnóstico por imagem , Cefalometria/métodos , Vértebras Cervicais/diagnóstico por imagem , Criança , Síndrome de Down/diagnóstico por imagem , Feminino , Ossos da Mão/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Masculino , Osteogênese/fisiologia , Reprodutibilidade dos TestesRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: This study was conducted with the aim of adapting the methods developed by Martins and Sakima to assess skeletal maturation by cervical vertebrae in the pubertal growth spurt (PGS) curve. It also aimed to test the reliability and agreement between those methods and the method of hand and wrist radiograph when compared two by two and all together. METHODS: The sample comprised 72 radiographs, with 36 lateral radiographs of the head and 36 hand-wrist radiographs of 36 subjects with Down's syndrome (DS), 13 female and 23 male, aged between 8 years and 6 months and 18 years and 7 months, with an average age of 13 years and 10 months. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Results revealed that adapting the methods developed by Martins and Sakima to assess skeletal maturation by cervical vertebrae in the curve of PGS is practical and useful in determining the stage of growth and development of individuals. The stages of maturation evaluated by cervical vertebrae and ossification centers observed in radiographs of the hand and wrist were considered reliable, with excellent level of agreement between the methods by Hassel and Farman as well as Baccetti, Franchi and McNamara Jr and Martins and Sakima. Additionally, results revealed an agreement that ranged between reasonable to good for the three methods used to assess the skeletal maturation, showing statistical significance. .
INTRODUÇÃO: esse estudo foi realizado com o propósito de adaptar os métodos para avaliação da maturação óssea por meio das vértebras cervicais na curva do Surto de Crescimento Puberal (SCP)de Martins e Sakima, assim como testar a confiabilidade e a concordância existente entre eles e o método para a radiografia de mão e punho, quando comparados 2 a 2, e entre todos, conjuntamente. MÉTODOS: a amostra constou de 72 radiografias, sendo 36 telerradiografias em norma lateral da cabeça e 36 radiografias de mão e punho, de 36 indivíduos com Síndrome de Down (SD), sendo 13 do sexo feminino e 23 do masculino, na faixa etária entre oito anos e seis meses até 18 anos e sete meses, com média de 13 anos e dez meses. CONCLUSÃO: de acordo com os resultados obtidos, concluímos que as adaptações dos métodos para a avaliação da maturação óssea por meio das vértebras cervicais na curva de SPC de Martins e Sakima resultaram em uma ferramenta prática e útil na determinação do estágio de crescimento e desenvolvimento dos indivíduos. Os estágios de maturação avaliados por meio das vértebras cervicais e os centros de ossificação observados nas radiografias de mão e punho foram considerados confiáveis, com excelente grau de concordância entre os métodos de diversos outros autores, e uma concordância de razoável a boa entre os três métodos para avaliação da maturação óssea quando comparados conjuntamente, sendo estatisticamente significativa. .
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Adolescente , Criança , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Desenvolvimento Ósseo/fisiologia , Ossos do Carpo/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Vértebras Cervicais/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Síndrome de Down/fisiopatologia , Ossos da Mão/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Puberdade/fisiologia , Determinação da Idade pelo Esqueleto/métodos , Determinação da Idade pelo Esqueleto/estatística & dados numéricos , Ossos do Carpo , Cefalometria/métodos , Vértebras Cervicais , Síndrome de Down , Ossos da Mão , Osteogênese/fisiologia , Reprodutibilidade dos TestesRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: In the present study, we developed new software for quantitative analysis of cervical vertebrae maturation, and we evaluated its applicability through a multinomial logistic regression model (MLRM). METHODS: Digitized images of the bodies of the second (C2), third (C3) and fourth (C4) cervical vertebrae were analysed in cephalometric radiographs of 236 subjects (116 boys and 120 girls) by using a software developed for digitized vertebrae analysis. The sample was initially distributed into 11 categories according to the Fishman's skeletal maturity indicators and were then grouped into four stages for quantitative cervical maturational changes (QCMC) analysis (QCMC I, II, III and IV). Seven variables of interest were measured and analysed to identify morphologic alterations of the vertebral bodies in each QCMC category. RESULTS: Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) were observed among all QCMC categories for the variables analysed. The MLRM used to calculate the probability that an individual belonged to each of the four cervical vertebrae maturation categories was constructed by taking into account gender, chronological age and four variables determined by digitized vertebrae analysis (Ang_C3, MP_C3, MP_C4 and SP_C4). The MLRM presented a predictability of 81.4%. The weighted κ test showed almost perfect agreement (κ = 0.832) between the categories defined initially by the method of Fishman and those allocated by the MLRM. CONCLUSIONS: Significant alterations in the morphologies of the C2, C3 and C4 vertebral bodies that were analysed through the digitized vertebrae analysis software occur during the different stages of skeletal maturation. The model that combines the four parameters measured on the vertebral bodies, the age and the gender showed an excellent prediction.
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Determinação da Idade pelo Esqueleto/métodos , Vértebras Cervicais/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Software , Determinação da Idade pelo Esqueleto/estatística & dados numéricos , Fatores Etários , Envelhecimento/fisiologia , Ossos do Carpo/diagnóstico por imagem , Cefalometria/métodos , Vértebras Cervicais/diagnóstico por imagem , Criança , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Previsões , Ossos da Mão/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador/métodos , Modelos Logísticos , Masculino , Projetos Piloto , Radiografia Dentária Digital/métodos , Fatores SexuaisRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: To create reference charts for fetal age assessment based on fetal sonographic biometry in a population of pregnant women living in the third largest city in Colombia and compare them with charts included in ultrasound machines. METHODS: The study data were obtained from women with a single pregnancy and confirmed gestational age between 12 and 40 completed weeks. All women were recruited specifically for the study, and every fetus was measured only once for biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference, and femur length. Polynomial regression models for gestational age as a function of each fetal measurement were fitted to estimate the mean and standard deviation. Percentile curves of gestational age were constructed for each fetal measurement using these regression models. RESULTS: Biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference, and femur length were measured in 792 fetuses. Tables and charts of gestational age were derived for each fetal parameter. A cubic polynomial model was the best-fitted regression model to describe the relationships between gestational age and each fetal measurement. The standard deviation was estimated by simple linear regression as a function of each fetal measurement. Comparison of our gestational age mean z scores with those calculated by reference equations showed statistically significant differences (P < .01). CONCLUSIONS: We present a set of reference charts, tables, and formulas for fetal age assessment based on fetal sonographic biometry. The results support the recommendation that these charts and tables could be more appropriate for assessing fetal age in Colombian populations than those currently included in the software of ultrasound machines.