Tempo-unconditional 1-year bone score velocities in well-off north-west Indian children.
Tempo-unconditional 1-year bone maturity score velocities in well-off 6-16 year-old North-west Indian children from Chandigarh (245 boys and 238 girls) are presented for the first time using the TW2 system. Rater's replicability/comparability was high. The peak RUS bone maturity score velocity is reached at 13 years in girls and at 15 years in boys, maintaining a standard 2-year difference. Velocities of the three bone maturity scores are relatively larger, but their respective standard deviations are smaller than those reported for American whites and blacks. North-west Indian children seem to be maturing faster than the British standards.
Prakash
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Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
Pathmanathan
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D000293:Adolescent; D001846:Bone Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000254:growth & development; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors