Determination of Epiphyseal Union Age in the Knee and Hand Joints Bones among the Saudi Population in Taif City
Table 3
Mean, standard deviation (SD), range of age (years), and significance of difference between males’ and females’ ages at each stage of epiphyseal union of the knee joint and hand joints bones.
Site
Stage
Males
Females
Sig.
Min
Max
Mean
SD
Min
Max
Mean
SD
Knee
0
30
10.04
17.01
13.7542
1.72372
9
11.09
16.04
13.0457
1.67232
0.240
1
8
15.08
18.54
16.7736
1.24244
3
13.51
15.13
14.5105
.87442
0.012
2
28
16.42
23.38
18.8349
1.49106
6
14.87
20.55
17.3662
2.07975
0.062
3
95
16.89
29.65
23.6318
3.12421
20
14.51
29.38
21.1886
3.40694
0.003
4
19
24.13
31.02
27.8489
2.26147
15
16.23
28.67
23.4716
3.96549
0.001
Hand
0
68
6.65
17.01
12.0113
2.35966
31
4.67
13.50
10.3398
2.09470
<0.001
1
6
12.78
16.61
15.2434
1.35211
1
-
-
-
-
0.969
2
7
12.81
17.43
15.6543
1.63450
5
12.77
14.72
13.6455
.83013
0.031
3
25
14.85
27.42
19.8365
3.47392
6
15.01
18.96
17.1913
1.61258
0.038
4
75
16.53
30.18
24.6715
3.22954
16
17.50
29.21
23.9502
3.56247
0.395
indicates that the mean of the marked stage is significantly ( value < 0.05) different from the mean of the previous stage; indicate that the male group mean of the marked stage is significantly ( value < 0.05) different from the mean of the female group of the same stage.
