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Table 3 Comparison of lamina and lateral mass parameters

From: Morphological study of the posterior osseous structures of subaxial cervical spine in a population from northeastern China

Parameter

Level

Gender

Our study

Alvin (2012) [ 12 ]

Stemper (2008) [ 36 ]

Abdullah (2009) [ 34 ]

Yusof (2012) [ 37 ]

LIW

C3

 

1.9

—

—

—

2.0

C4

 

1.1

—

—

—

1.7

C5

 

1.0

—

—

—

1.9

C6

 

1.0

—

—

—

2.3

C7

 

2.8

—

—

—

3.4

LOW

C3

F

4.2

4.1

—

—

3.5

M

5.0

4.2

—

—

C4

F

3.6

3.6

—

—

3.1

M

4.0

3.8

—

—

C5

F

3.3

3.3

—

—

3.1

M

3.8

3.6

—

—

C6

F

3.9

3.9

—

—

3.9

M

4.6

4.3

—

—

C7

F

5.1

5.9

—

—

5.8

M

6.2

6.3

—

—

LAL

C3

 

33.0

—

—

—

31.2

C4

 

32.5

—

—

—

31.5

C5

 

32.1

—

—

—

32.1

C6

 

31.9

—

—

—

30.6

C7

 

33.8

—

—

—

32.2

LTA

C3

 

54.7

—

—

—

50.8

C4

 

55.5

—

—

—

51.4

C5

 

55.8

—

—

—

50.9

C6

 

55.2

—

—

—

51.1

C7

 

55.0

—

—

—

50.5

LMTD

C3

F

11.4

—

10.0

—

—

M

13.1

—

11.1

—

—

C4

F

11.3

—

10.3

—

—

M

13.0

—

11.4

—

—

C5

F

11.8

—

11.0

11.0

—

M

13.7

—

12.4

12.9

—

C6

F

11.8

—

11.1

11.4

—

M

13.6

—

12.8

12.8

—

C7

F

11.8

—

10.3

10.5

—

M

13.4

—

11.8

11.5

—

LMLD

C3

F

11.3

—

—

—

—

M

12.5

—

—

—

—

C4

F

11.2

—

—

—

—

M

12.3

—

—

—

—

C5

F

12.0

—

—

8.8

—

M

13.2

—

—

9.2

—

C6

F

12.6

—

—

8.6

—

M

13.9

—

—

10.5

—

C7

F

10.2

—

—

9.6

—

M

11.1

—

—

10.8

—

  1. LIW indicates lamina inner width; LOW, lamina outer width; LAL, lamina axis length; LTA, lamina transverse angle; LMTD, lateral mass transverse diameter; LMLD, lateral mass longitudinal diameter; F, female; M, male.