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Table 3 Automated bone age and bone health index as assessed by digital radiogrammetry. N = 67

From: Joint cartilage thickness and automated determination of bone age and bone health in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

  

Median (IQR)

t

p

Age (years)

67

10.9 (7.8–14.4)

  

Bone age GP

67

9.98 (7.28–13.86)

  

Bone age GP (SDS)

63

- 0.49 (− 1.32–0.25)

- 2.875

0.006

Bone age TW

67

9.65 (7.03–13.5)

  

Bone health Index

66

4.35 (4.06–4.70)

  

Bone health Index (SDS)

66

- 1.02 (− 1.60 – (− 0.30)

- 7.199

< 0.001

Disease duration (months)

67

41 (15–80)

  
  1. GP Automated digital Greulich-Pyle bone age method. TW Automated digital Tanner-Whitehouse bone age method. SDS standard deviation score. SDS for the Tanner Whitehouse bone age method is not available. One sample t-test