Assessing skeletal maturity in a UK modern female population

Objective: The study aimed to examine the accuracy of Greulich and Pyle (GP) methodology for estimating age in a female UK sample since there is a dearth of studies testing its applicability in the UK. Materials and methods: Radiographs from the left wrist and hand belonging to 257 female individual...

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Autores: San-Millán, Marta, Holmes, Trish, De Luca, Stefano, Hackman, Lucina, Márquez-Grant, Nicholas
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Esquelet humà -- Edat
Human skeleton -- Age
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spelling Assessing skeletal maturity in a UK modern female populationSan-Millán, MartaHolmes, TrishDe Luca, StefanoHackman, LucinaMárquez-Grant, NicholasEsquelet humà -- EdatHuman skeleton -- AgeObjective: The study aimed to examine the accuracy of Greulich and Pyle (GP) methodology for estimating age in a female UK sample since there is a dearth of studies testing its applicability in the UK. Materials and methods: Radiographs from the left wrist and hand belonging to 257 female individuals from two different hospitals from the UK ranging from 10 to 17 years old were analysed. Correlation was performed between skeletal age (SA) and chronological age (CA) values as well as mean comparisons. In addition, the mean difference (MD) and mean absolute difference (MAD) between these two parameters were also examined to study inaccuracy values. Results: A strong correlation was found between SA and CA (r = 0.887; p < 0.001). The MD between SA and CA is positive (0.51 ± 12.43 months), meaning that SA based on Greulich and Pyle atlas overestimates CA in general terms (minimum: − 40.17 months; maximum: 31.13 months). In the case of MAD, the mean value is 9.96 ± 7.44 months (minimum: 0.07 months; maximum: 40.17 months). In addition, no significant differences were found between SA and CA either in the global sample or in most of the age cohorts, with two exceptions: 14-year-olds, where mean SA was significantly higher than CA, and 16-year-olds, where the opposite results were observed. Conclusion: These results suggest that the GP atlas can be applied to the present female UK population, although caution must be taken when applied to estimating the age of post-pubertal UK girlsOpen Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer NatureSpringer2025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpeer-reviewedapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10256/27284Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology, 2025, vol. undef, núm. undef, p. undefArticles publicats (D-CM)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s12024-025-01044-1info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1547-769Xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/1556-2891Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10256/272842026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Assessing skeletal maturity in a UK modern female population
spellingShingle Assessing skeletal maturity in a UK modern female population
San-Millán, Marta
Esquelet humà -- Edat
Human skeleton -- Age
title_short Assessing skeletal maturity in a UK modern female population
title_full Assessing skeletal maturity in a UK modern female population
title_fullStr Assessing skeletal maturity in a UK modern female population
title_full_unstemmed Assessing skeletal maturity in a UK modern female population
title_sort Assessing skeletal maturity in a UK modern female population
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv San-Millán, Marta
Holmes, Trish
De Luca, Stefano
Hackman, Lucina
Márquez-Grant, Nicholas
author San-Millán, Marta
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Holmes, Trish
De Luca, Stefano
Hackman, Lucina
Márquez-Grant, Nicholas
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De Luca, Stefano
Hackman, Lucina
Márquez-Grant, Nicholas
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Esquelet humà -- Edat
Human skeleton -- Age
topic Esquelet humà -- Edat
Human skeleton -- Age
description Objective: The study aimed to examine the accuracy of Greulich and Pyle (GP) methodology for estimating age in a female UK sample since there is a dearth of studies testing its applicability in the UK. Materials and methods: Radiographs from the left wrist and hand belonging to 257 female individuals from two different hospitals from the UK ranging from 10 to 17 years old were analysed. Correlation was performed between skeletal age (SA) and chronological age (CA) values as well as mean comparisons. In addition, the mean difference (MD) and mean absolute difference (MAD) between these two parameters were also examined to study inaccuracy values. Results: A strong correlation was found between SA and CA (r = 0.887; p < 0.001). The MD between SA and CA is positive (0.51 ± 12.43 months), meaning that SA based on Greulich and Pyle atlas overestimates CA in general terms (minimum: − 40.17 months; maximum: 31.13 months). In the case of MAD, the mean value is 9.96 ± 7.44 months (minimum: 0.07 months; maximum: 40.17 months). In addition, no significant differences were found between SA and CA either in the global sample or in most of the age cohorts, with two exceptions: 14-year-olds, where mean SA was significantly higher than CA, and 16-year-olds, where the opposite results were observed. Conclusion: These results suggest that the GP atlas can be applied to the present female UK population, although caution must be taken when applied to estimating the age of post-pubertal UK girls
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