Title
Correlation between chronological age and skeletal age using CVMI and modified MP3 methods
Authors
Reshma Mohan, Ravindra Kumar Jain* & Nivethigaa Balakrishnan
Affiliation
Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, 162, Poonamallee High Road, Velappanchavadi, Chennai, India - 600077
Ravindra Kumar Jain - E-mail: ravindrakumar@saveetha.com, Corresponding author*
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received October 7, 2020; Revised October 27, 2020; Accepted October 27, 2020; Published December 31, 2020
Abstract
Chronological age conveys only a rough approximation of the
maturational status of a person whereas skeletal maturity indicators
give a
more accurate estimation. Therefore, it is of interest to document
the correlation between chronological and skeletal age using CVMI
and
modified MP3 methods. A total of 39 subjects between the age ranges
of 9-16 years were selected for this study. Pre-treatment lateral
cephalograms and hand-wrist radiographs of the subjects were used.
The skeletal age was analyzed by the Cervical Vertebrae Maturity
Index (CVMI) and modified MP3 methods. The data was analyzed with
SPSS software version 23.00. Kendall’s Tau correlation test was
performed to estimate the correlation between chronological age and
skeletal age among the subjects and a linear regression test was
also
performed. Positive correlation was found between chronological age
and skeletal age assessed by CVMI method (r= 0.398) and modified
MP3 method (r=0.382) with p value <0.003. Thus it can be concluded
that there was a positive correlation between chronological age and
skeletal age among all the subjects.
Keywords
Maturity indicators; growth status; age prediction.
Citation
Mohan et al. Bioinformation 16(12): 1044-1049 (2020)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
