Table 2.

Vertebral Body Height at Each Vertebral Level in Males on Lateral Plain Radiography (mm).

Decade		20s	30s	40s	50s	60s	70s	Total
Anterior wall	T10	27.4±2.2	27.6±2.0	27.4±1.9	27.1±2.3	26.3±1.8	26.3±2.1	27.0±2.1
	T11	28.2±2.2	28.4±2.1	28.3±2.4	27.5±2.1	26.7±2.1	27.1±2.2	27.7±2.3
	T12	29.2±2.5	29.8±1.9	29.5±2.5	28.8±1.9	28.3±2.3	28.6±2.4	29.0±2.3
	L1	30.7±2.2	31.1±2.1	31.2±2.3	30.6±2.0	29.6±2.1	29.9±2.8	30.5±2.3
	L2	33.0±2.1	33.3±2.1	33.5±2.2	32.4±2.1	31.3±2.3	31.6±3.2	32.5±2.5
	L3	34.0±2.3	34.7±1.9	34.5±2.4	33.8±2.5	32.7±2.8	32.6±2.4	33.7±2.5
	L4	33.9±1.9	34.4±2.2	34.5±2.4	33.9±2.2	32.9±2.6	32.0±3.2	33.6±2.6
	L5	34.9±2.4	35.7±2.4	35.2±2.6	34.5±3.1	33.7±2.8	33.1±2.9	34.5±2.8
Center	T10	26.4±1.9	26.3±2.0	26.6±1.8	26.2±2.0	25.6±1.7	25.9±1.7	26.2±1.9
	T11	28.1±2.0	28.2±1.8	28.0±2.0	27.6±1.9	27.3±1.6	27.3±1.8	27.7±1.9
	T12	30.0±2.1	30.6±1.8	30.1±2.2	29.5±1.8	29.1±1.7	29.3±1.8	29.8±2.0
	L1	31.8±2.0	32.1±1.7	32.1±1.9	31.5±1.9	30.7±1.6	30.8±2.2	31.5±2.0
	L2	32.4±1.8	32.7±1.6	33.0±2.1	31.9±2.1	31.1±1.8	32.1±2.5	32.2±2.1
	L3	32.8±1.8	33.2±1.8	33.3±2.3	32.6±2.4	31.9±2.1	32.2±2.3	32.7±2.2
	L4	33.2±1.7	33.6±1.6	33.5±2.5	32.7±2.5	31.9±2.6	32.3±2.7	32.9±2.4
	L5	32.5±2.3	33.3±2.1	32.3±3.0	31.9±3.1	31.0±2.6	31.6±2.6	32.1±2.7
Posterior wall	T10	28.4±2.1	29.1±2.1	28.6±2.3	28.4±2.1	28.1±2.1	27.9±2.2	28.4±2.2
	T11	30.9±2.3	31.3±2.3	30.9±2.4	30.6±2.4	30.3±2.3	30.4±2.6	30.7±2.4
	T12	33.3±2.3	33.7±2.4	33.7±2.4	33.2±1.9	32.8±2.5	32.9±2.4	33.3±2.3
	L1	35.2±2.0	35.7±2.1	35.8±2.4	35.1±2.1	34.6±2.0	35.4±2.1	35.3±2.2
	L2	35.5±2.0	35.7±2.1	36.1±2.4	34.9±2.2	34.6±2.0	35.6±2.5	35.4±2.2
	L3	35.2±2.0	35.2±2.0	35.4±2.5	34.7±2.3	34.0±2.4	34.1±3.1	34.8±2.5
	L4	33.4±2.0	33.7±2.0	33.9±2.5	33.2±2.2	32.5±2.2	32.3±3.3	33.2±2.5
	L5	31.2±2.5	31.7±1.8	30.8±2.9	30.3±3.2	30.4±2.7	30.0±2.8	30.7±2.8

Values given are means±standard deviation unless otherwise specified.