10.5061/DRYAD.XSJ3TX9GQ
Ruff, Christopher
0000-0002-2932-3634
Johns Hopkins University
Bone structural data for the Denver Longitudinal Growth Study
Dryad
dataset
2021
FOS: Biological sciences
growth
bone strength
body mass
stature
radiography
Anthropometry
Wenner-Gren Foundation
https://ror.org/04qvvhf62
6084
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine*
2021-12-21T00:00:00Z
2021-12-21T00:00:00Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.10117
https://doi.org/10.1016/s8756-3282(03)00161-3
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2003.08.006
https://doi.org/10.1080/08035250510026535
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20568
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22120
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.21320
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CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
Long bone structural dimensions have been shown to be responsive to
mechanical loadings during life. Thus, they can be used to track
behavioral changes as well as changes in body size during ontogeny.
Radiographic measurements of long bone structural properties (lengths,
cross-sectional geometric properties, articular breadths) were carried out
for a sample of 20 children who had participated in the Denver Growth
Study. An average of 36 longitudinal time points for each individual,
taken at 6-month intervals between early infancy and late adolescence,
were included. Anthropometric and muscle area dimensions were also
available. The data have been previously used in a range of studies,
including growth changes in bone strength, adaptation to bipedalism, and
body size prediction in juveniles.
Data were collected from radiographs taken as part of the Denver Growth
Study, which was carried out in the 1930s-1960s. Long bone lengths,
articular breadths, and diaphyseal total and cortical breadths of the
femur and humerus were measured, with the latter used to derive section
properties (measures of bone rigidity and strength). Please see the ReadMe
file for more methodological details.
Two files are provided, one with and one without interpolations for
missing data. Please see the ReadMe file for more information.