Research Article
Determination of Epiphyseal Union Age in the Knee and Hand Joints Bones among the Saudi Population in Taif City
Table 1
Numbers of images at each stage of epiphyseal union of the knee joint bones.
| Age interval | | Staging of knee epiphyses (males) | | Staging of knee epiphyses (females) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4–4.99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5–5.99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6–6.99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7–7.99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8–8.99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9–9.99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10–10.99 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11–11.99 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 12–12.99 | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 13–13.99 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 14–14.99 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 15–15.99 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 16–16.99 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 17–17.99 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 18–18.99 | 12 | - | 2 | 5 | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19–19.99 | 11 | - | - | 9 | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 20–20.99 | 14 | - | - | 3 | 11 | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 21–21.99 | 15 | - | - | 1 | 14 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 22–22.99 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 23–23.99 | 10 | - | - | 1 | 9 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 24–24.99 | 13 | - | - | - | 10 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 25–25.99 | 12 | - | - | - | 11 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 26–26.99 | 14 | - | - | - | 11 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 27–27.99 | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28–28.99 | 13 | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 29–29.99 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 30–30.99 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31–31.99 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sum | 180 | 30 | 8 | 28 | 95 | 19 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 15 |
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