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Age-related stature loss

The decrease in living stature with age due to intervertebral disc compression and vertebral remodeling, approximately 0.10-0.12 cm per year after age 30. The Giles-Hutchinson 1991 correction adds 0.06 x (age - 30) cm to the skeletal estimate to approximate living maximum stature for older individuals.

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Auerbach-Ruff 2004 methodCrural indexFemoral head diameter (FHD)Maximum (anatomical) femur lengthMukherjee-Bandyopadhyay equationsRuff-Scott-Walker 1997 methodStandard error of estimate (SEE)Stature regression equationTrotter-Gleser equations

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