Standards of TW3 skeletal maturity for Chinese children

Ann Hum Biol. 2008 May-Jun;35(3):349-54. doi: 10.1080/03014460801953781.

Abstract

This study included 17 401 normal Han urban children aged 1-20 years from five cities in China in 2005. The skeletal maturity scores were assessed by the Tanner-Whitehouse 3 (TW3) method, and the smoothed centiles curves of scores (TW3-Chinese RUS and TW3-Chinese Carpal) were calculated using the LMS method. The skeletal maturity of the Chinese is approximately the same as Europeans in childhood, but the extent of TW3-RUS skeletal maturity advance in puberty and the ages of complete maturity of TW-Carpals are evidently more advanced in the Chinese.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Determination by Skeleton / standards*
  • Age Factors
  • Asian People / statistics & numerical data
  • Bone Development*
  • Calibration
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • China
  • Clinical Protocols / standards
  • Female
  • Hand Bones / growth & development
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Reference Standards
  • Reference Values
  • Sex Factors