Table 3. Relationship between normal cranial bone marrow typing and age at an altitude >4,100 m.
Age group (years) | Bone marrow type, n (%) | Diploe thickness (mm) | |||||
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Ia | Ib | II | IIIa | IIIb | IV | ||
0–5 | 21 (42.0) | 22 (44.0) | 7 (14.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1.80±0.59 |
6–14 | 5 (7.1) | 16 (22.9) | 33 (47.1) | 4 (5.7) | 12 (17.1) | 0 (0.0) | 2.79±0.85 |
15–29 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (18.6) | 9 (12.9) | 44 (62.9) | 4 (5.7) | 3.67±0.87 |
30–49 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (12.9) | 8 (11.4) | 47 (67.1) | 6 (8.6) | 3.68±1.00 |
≥50 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (6.0) | 6 (12.0) | 15 (30.0) | 26 (52.0) | 4.32±0.90 |
χ2/F (P) | 335.266 (0.000) | 67.750 (0.000) | |||||
r (P) | 0.758 (0.000) | 0.646 (0.000) |