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Harris lines observed in human skeletons of Joseon Dynasty, Korea
The Harris line (HL), caused by bone-growth arrest and manifesting on X-rays as a radiopaque transverse line in the metaphysis of the long bones, is an indicator reflecting stress conditions such as disease or malnutrition. HL frequency has been assumed to differ between pre-modern and modern societ...
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Korean Association of Anatomists
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3968268/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24693484 http://dx.doi.org/10.5115/acb.2014.47.1.66 |
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author | Beom, Jaewon Woo, Eun Jin Lee, In Sun Kim, Myeung Ju Kim, Yi-Suk Oh, Chang Seok Lee, Sang-Seob Lim, Sang Beom Shin, Dong Hoon |
author_facet | Beom, Jaewon Woo, Eun Jin Lee, In Sun Kim, Myeung Ju Kim, Yi-Suk Oh, Chang Seok Lee, Sang-Seob Lim, Sang Beom Shin, Dong Hoon |
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description | The Harris line (HL), caused by bone-growth arrest and manifesting on X-rays as a radiopaque transverse line in the metaphysis of the long bones, is an indicator reflecting stress conditions such as disease or malnutrition. HL frequency has been assumed to differ between pre-modern and modern societies, as reflective of increased caloric intake and overall nutritional improvements attendant on industrialization. To determine if such a change occurred in Korea, in the present study we compared the respective HL statuses in medieval Joseon and modern Korean population samples. HLs were found in 39.4% (28/71) of the Joseon Koreans. Whereas only 27.5% (11/40) of the males showed an HL, fully 54.8% (17/31) of the females exhibited it. Notably, HLs were observed in only 16.4% (35/213) of the modern Koreans; more remarkably still, the HL rate was almost the same between the sexes, 16.7% (20/120) for the males and 16.1% (15/93) for the females. The HL frequency was much higher in the Joseon Koreans than in their modern counterparts, reflecting the improvement of nutritional status that had been achieved in the course of South Korea's modernization. This HL-frequency decrease was much more obvious in the female populations. The higher HL frequency among the Joseon females might reflect the relatively poor nutritional condition of females in pre-modern Korean society. |
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spelling | pubmed-39682682014-04-01 Harris lines observed in human skeletons of Joseon Dynasty, Korea Beom, Jaewon Woo, Eun Jin Lee, In Sun Kim, Myeung Ju Kim, Yi-Suk Oh, Chang Seok Lee, Sang-Seob Lim, Sang Beom Shin, Dong Hoon Anat Cell Biol Original Article The Harris line (HL), caused by bone-growth arrest and manifesting on X-rays as a radiopaque transverse line in the metaphysis of the long bones, is an indicator reflecting stress conditions such as disease or malnutrition. HL frequency has been assumed to differ between pre-modern and modern societies, as reflective of increased caloric intake and overall nutritional improvements attendant on industrialization. To determine if such a change occurred in Korea, in the present study we compared the respective HL statuses in medieval Joseon and modern Korean population samples. HLs were found in 39.4% (28/71) of the Joseon Koreans. Whereas only 27.5% (11/40) of the males showed an HL, fully 54.8% (17/31) of the females exhibited it. Notably, HLs were observed in only 16.4% (35/213) of the modern Koreans; more remarkably still, the HL rate was almost the same between the sexes, 16.7% (20/120) for the males and 16.1% (15/93) for the females. The HL frequency was much higher in the Joseon Koreans than in their modern counterparts, reflecting the improvement of nutritional status that had been achieved in the course of South Korea's modernization. This HL-frequency decrease was much more obvious in the female populations. The higher HL frequency among the Joseon females might reflect the relatively poor nutritional condition of females in pre-modern Korean society. Korean Association of Anatomists 2014-03 2014-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC3968268/ /pubmed/24693484 http://dx.doi.org/10.5115/acb.2014.47.1.66 Text en Copyright © 2014. Anatomy & Cell Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Beom, Jaewon Woo, Eun Jin Lee, In Sun Kim, Myeung Ju Kim, Yi-Suk Oh, Chang Seok Lee, Sang-Seob Lim, Sang Beom Shin, Dong Hoon Harris lines observed in human skeletons of Joseon Dynasty, Korea |
title | Harris lines observed in human skeletons of Joseon Dynasty, Korea |
title_full | Harris lines observed in human skeletons of Joseon Dynasty, Korea |
title_fullStr | Harris lines observed in human skeletons of Joseon Dynasty, Korea |
title_full_unstemmed | Harris lines observed in human skeletons of Joseon Dynasty, Korea |
title_short | Harris lines observed in human skeletons of Joseon Dynasty, Korea |
title_sort | harris lines observed in human skeletons of joseon dynasty, korea |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3968268/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24693484 http://dx.doi.org/10.5115/acb.2014.47.1.66 |
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