The ankle medial clear space (MCS) is frequently measured to evaluate ankle stability after an injury. However, controversy exists regarding a threshold size that distinguishes a normal MCS from an abnormal MCS. A retrospective radiographic review of mortise ankle radiographs in the uninjured ankle was performed, with the goal of defining the relationship among patient height, sex, and radiogra...

Background: The purpose of this study was to assess mandibular ramus height and to assess the relationship of ramus height with various craniofacial and dental measurements in a sample of Iraqi adults with skeletal and dental Class I. Materials and method: The sample consisted of 95 Iraqi adults (54 females and 41 males) having normal occlusion and Class I skeletal pattern aged between 18 and 3...

Ponderal and linear growth of children has been widely studied; however, epidemiologic evidence of a relationship between the two is inconsistent. Child undernutrition in the form of low height for age and low weight for height continues to burden the developing world. A downward shift in the distribution of height for age in the first 2 y of life is commonly observed in many developing countri...

A retrospective study was performed in 613 singleton pregnancies born to mothers aged < or =19 years over a 4-year period to determine the relationship between maternal height and preterm delivery (<37 weeks). The pregnancies were grouped according to maternal height quartiles for comparison of maternal and infant characteristics, obstetric complications and pregnancy outcome. The incidences of...

BACKGROUND Adult height has been hypothesized to be inversely associated with coronary heart disease; however, studies have produced conflicting results. We sought to examine the relationship between adult height and the prevalence of coronary artery calcium (CAC), a direct measure of subclinical atherosclerosis and surrogate marker of coronary heart disease. METHODS AND RESULTS We evaluated ...

BACKGROUND Many surgeries are performed under spinal anesthesia. Inexperienced practitioners may find it difficult to obtain subarachnoid access. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to examine the relationship between patients' anthropometric characteristics and depth of spinal needle insertion to the subarachnoid cavity. PATIENTS AND METHODS 385 patients with ASA class I - II, aged 18 - 65 years a...

The accurate definition of physiologic normality in man is a prerequisite to quantitation of disease. It has long been known that the total lung volume or a subdivision thereof of a person has limited significance as an isolated measurement unless it can be compared to a normal value. Although the ranges of normality of the various subdivisions, when expressed as a percentage of the normal tota...

This study aimed to examine average height loss and the relationship between height loss and socioeconomic status (SES) among the elderly in South Korea.Data were obtained from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008-2010. A total of 5265 subjects (2818 men and 2447 women) were included. Height loss was calculated as the difference between the subject's self-reported ma...

Building on the economic research that demonstrates a positive relationship between height and worker ability, this paper compares the wage returns to height for immigrants and natives to explore possible explanations for the positive wage-height gradient. Using multiple data sets, the paper presents a robust empirical finding that the wage gains associated with height are almost twice as large...