Effects of age and body proportions on stature estimation

Abstract

Objectives: Two issues involved in mathematical estimation of stature from long bone lengths are explored: the use of different age points for estimating maximum adult stature, and the effects of linear body proportions on stature estimation errors. Both issues were raised by a recent analysis of stature in the British Medieval Wharram Percy sample. Materials and methods:A large (n > 500) sample of European skeletal remains with anatomically

Methodological Analysis of Stature Estimation from Tibia Osteometric Data

“…The effectiveness of the correction factors has been tested and attested in many studies that have compared different cut-off points in order to define the most effective one by using different cleavage ages: 20 years, 30 years, and 45 years. In accordance with the data in the literature and the results, the most effective correction factor was found to be the efficient one at the age of 30 years by Trotter and Gleser [5,6], [8,9]. The addition of a correction factor decreased the residual difference between the known true stature and the estimated stature.…”

“…It then gradually decreases during senescence, with the decrease in bone mineral content adding to this phenomenon [4][5][6]. The combination of these findings highlights the need for a correction factor related to the age of the individual to compensate for this loss of bone material [7][8][9]. In the interest of accuracy and reliability, it is recommended to associate the estimated maximum stature with the age-corrected stature.…”

Two Late Pleistocene human femora from Trinil, Indonesia: Implications for body size and behavior in Southeast Asia

“…Because one of the equations for the Thai samples was based on cadaveric statures (Mahakkanukrauh et al, 2011), 2.5 cm was subtracted to convert the estimate to living stature (Trotter and Gleser, 1952). Formula (1) from Raxter et al (2006), with an age of 30 years (Ruff et al, 2019), was used to convert skeletal height to living height when using the other Thai sample equation (Gocha et al, 2013). All equations used to estimate maximum femoral length from Segment 2 length, and stature from maximum femoral length, are given in Supplementary Online Material (SOM) Table S1.…”