Gains in relative cortical area during growth and their relationship to nutrition, body size, and physical activity

Author:

Cowgill Libby1ORCID,Harrington Lesley2ORCID,MacKinnon Marla3,Kurki Helen K.3ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Anthropology University of Missouri Columbia Missouri USA

2. Department of Anthropology University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada

3. Department of Anthropology University of Victoria Victoria British Columbia Canada

Abstract

AbstractObjectivesIn studies of growth in the past, low percentage of cortical area (%CA) is commonly attributed to poor general health, due to factors including poor nutrition, low socioeconomic status, or other physiological stressors. What constitutes low relative cortical dimensions has not been established across a diverse range of human skeletal samples. This study examines %CA in a large immature skeletal sample to establish typical variation in humans with consideration of both body mass and subsistence strategy.Materials and MethodsPercentage of cortical area was calculated at the midshaft of the humerus, femur, and tibia in seven skeletal samples. Age at death was estimated from dental development, and body mass from bone dimensions. Patterns of %CA with age and log‐transformed body mass were examined in the pooled sample and compared among samples using LOESS regression, Welch's ANOVA, and Kruskal‐Wallis tests.ResultsAcross all samples, %CA displays a generally non‐linear pattern, but variation in %CA with age was high, particularly in samples with lower levels of %CA. There was no relationship between %CA and age‐adjusted body mass.DiscussionThe lack of a relationship between %CA and body mass suggests that %CA should not be used as an indicator of mechanical loading. The variation present across samples implies that appositional bone growth is affected by physiological stress in varying ways. Without a deeper understanding of what is “typical” for long bone development, it is impossible to draw conclusions about individual or population level health.

Funder

Leakey Foundation

National Science Foundation

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Paleontology,Archeology,Genetics,Anthropology,Anatomy,Epidemiology

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