title: Age changes in kyphosis and lordosis of Jat-Sikh and Bania females of Punjab (India) from 20 to 80 years.
abstract: The age changes in spinal curvature of the trunk region in females of the two important communities of Punjab Jat-Sikh and Bania have been studied in the present paper. These two communities are traditionally engaged in different types of occupations, the former being agriculturist and the latter being the trading community. The results are based on a cross-sectional data collected on 502 Jat-Sikh and 510 Bania females ranging in age from 20 to 80 years. A flexicurve has been used to measure kyphosis and lordosis. The kyphosis has been observed to be influenced by weight and spinal length. Therefore, various indices were examined to test their suitability as estimates of measuring kyphosis due to age only. Linear regression of B/H index on age showed an increase in kyphosis with age from age-group 45-49 to 70+. Lordosis has been found to decrease after age-group 45-49.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008141:Lordosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged