Database E.12 Individual Records of Osteoarthritis and Osteophytosis in Adult Vertebral Columns

This database is part of Appendix E, from Ban Chiang, a Prehistoric Village Site in Northeast Thailand, Volume 1: The Human Skeletal Remains (tDAR ID #: 376592). Database E.12 contains non-metric observations (Osteoarthritis and Osteophytosis in Adult Vertebral Columns) by individual burial excavated from the BC and BCES locales at Ban Chiang, Thailand. Coding information is pasted at the bottom of this abstract, and can also be downloaded as a .txt document at tDAR ID#:

SPECID = Individual Burial Number
First number is excavation locale
1 = BC, 1974 excavation
2 = BCES, 1975 excavation

followed by two spaces and then the burial identification number.
Example: 1 14 is BC Burial 14

AGE
ADOL = Adolescent (15-20 years)
YG ADULT = Young Adult (20-35 years)
MID AGED = Middle-aged Adult (35-50 years)
OLD = Old Adult (50+ years)
ADULT = Adult (20-50+ years)

SEX = Sex of individual

SITE = Site of excavation

YEAREXAM = Year burial was examined

INSTCODE = Institute where burial was examined
UHM = University of Hawaii at Manoa

The scoring system for the variables is as follows:

0 = none
1 = slight
2 = moderate
3 = marked

Abbreviations used in this database include:

SUP = Superior surface
INF = Inferior surface
R = Right
L = Left
CEN or CENT = Vertebral centrum
FAC or FA =Vertebral facet
PR = Porosity

For cervical vertebra 1 the variables are as follows:

SUPCENT1 = Dens facet cervical 1
SUPRFAC1 = Superior right facet, cervical 1
INFRFAC1 = Inferior right facet, cervical 1
SUPLFAC1 = Superior left facet, cervical 1
INFLFAC1 = Inferior left facet, cervical 1

For cervical vertebra 2 the variables are as follows:

C2CENTPR = Centrum porosity
DENS = Dens
INFCENT2 = Inferior centrum osteophytosis
SUPRFAC2 = Superior right facet, cervical 2
INFRFAC2 = Inferior right facet, cervical 2
SUPLFAC2 = Superior left facet, cervical 2
INFLFAC2 = Inferior left facet, cervical 2

For cervical vertebrae 3-7 the variables are as follows:

C3CENTPR = Cervical element #, centrum porosity
SUPCENT3 = Superior centrum osteophytosis, cervical element #
INFCENT3 = Inferior centrum osteophytosis, cervical element #
SUPRFAC3 = Superior right facet, cervical element #
INFRFAC2 = Inferior right facet, cervical element #
SUPLFAC2 = Superior left facet, cervical element #
INFLFAC3 = Inferior left facet, cervical element #

The thoracic vertebrae are scored in descending order. Note, in some cases for the 10th, 11th, and 12th
thoracic vertebrae Roman
numerals are used instead of Arabic numbers. E.g., X = 10th thoracic vertebra, XI = 11th thoracic
vertebra, and XX = is the 12th
thoracic vertebra.

T1CENTPR -- XXCENTPR = Thoracic element #, centrum porosity
T1SUPCENT -- T2SUPCENT = Thoracic 1 and 2, superior centrum osteophytosis
SUPCEN3T -- SUPCEN8T = Superior centrum osteophytosis, thoracic 3 -- 8
SUPCENT9 = Superior centrum osteophytosis, thoracic 9
SUPCEN10 -- SUPCEN12 = Superior centrum osteophytosis, thoracic 10 -- 12
T1INFCEN -- T2INFCEN = Thoracic 1 and 2, inferior centrum osteophytosis
INFCEN3T -- INFCEN8T = Inferior centrum osteophytosis, thoracic 3 -- 8
INFCENT9 = Inferior centrum osteophytosis, thoracic 9
INFCEN10 -- INFCEN12 = Inferior centrum osteophytosis, thoracic 10 -- 12
SUPRFA1C -- SUPRFA8C = Superior right facet, thoracic 1 -- 8
SUPRFAC9 = Superior right facet, thoracic 9
SURFAC10 -- SURFAC12 = Superior right facet, thoracic 10 -- 12
INFRFA1C -- INFRFA8C = Inferior right facet, thoracic 1 -- 8
INFRFAC9 = Inferior right facet, thoracic 9
INRFAC10 -- INRFAC12 = Inferior right facet, thoracic 10 -- 12
SUPLFA1C -- SUPLFA8C = Superior left facet, thoracic 1 -- 8
SUPLFAC9 = Superior left facet, thoracic 9
SULFAC10 -- SULFAC12 = Superior left facet, thoracic 10 -- 12
INFLFA1C -- INFLFA8C = Inferior left facet, thoracic 1 -- 8
INFLFAC9 = Inferior left facet, thoracic 9
INLFAC10 -- INLFAC12= Inferior left facet, thoracic 10 -- 12

The variables for the lumbar vertebrae are as follows:

L1CENPR -- L5CENPR = Lumbar element #, centrum porosity
SUPCEN1 -- SUPCEN5 = Superior centrum osteophytosis, lumbar element #
INFCEN1 -- INFCEN5 = Inferior centrum osteophytosis, lumbar element #
SUPRFA1 -- SUPRFA5 = Superior right facet, lumbar element #
INFRFA1 -- INFRFA5 = Inferior right facet, lumbar element #
SUPLFA1 -- SUPLFA5 = Superior left facet, lumbar element #
INFLFA1 -- INFLFA5 = Inferior left facet, lumbar element #

The variables for the sacrum are as follows:

S1CENPR = Sacral centrum porosity
SUPCENS1 = Superior centrum osteophytosis, sacrum
SUPRFAS1 = Superior right facet, sacrum
SUPLFAS1 = Superior left facet, sacrum