Listi Ginesse A, Manhein Mary H
Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
J Forensic Sci. 2012 Nov;57(6):1537-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02152.x. Epub 2012 Apr 6.
Previous research on age and vertebral degenerative change has focused on osteophytosis. The present study expands this research by examining the association between osteoarthritis and osteophytosis and by assessing their relationship to age. Researchers scored the bodies and facets in 104 individuals. Statistical analyses assessed relationships between age and degenerative change for the bodies and facets, both separately and combined, for all vertebrae collectively, and for subcategories of vertebral types. Separate analyses were conducted which included only regions that experience heavier stress loads. Results indicate that osteophytosis and osteoarthritis are not associated with each other for all subcategories of vertebrae. Also, the inclusion of osteoarthritis does not enhance the relationship between age and degenerative change, nor does limiting analyses to areas of heaver stress. Finally, although both conditions are significantly correlated with age, the relationship is not strong enough to yield predictive power for establishing age beyond a general estimate.
先前关于年龄与椎体退变的研究主要集中在骨赘形成方面。本研究通过考察骨关节炎与骨赘形成之间的关联，并评估它们与年龄的关系，对该研究进行了拓展。研究人员对104名个体的椎体和关节面进行了评分。统计分析分别评估了年龄与椎体和关节面退变的关系，包括所有椎体整体以及椎体类型的子类别。进行了单独分析，仅纳入承受较重应力负荷的区域。结果表明，对于所有椎体子类别，骨赘形成和骨关节炎之间并无关联。此外，纳入骨关节炎并未增强年龄与退变之间的关系，将分析局限于应力较重区域也未增强这种关系。最后，尽管这两种情况均与年龄显著相关，但这种关系并不足以强大到能够产生超出一般估计来确定年龄的预测能力。
