Estimation of otitis media in ancient populations: A study of past and present Greenlandic Inuit
Udgivelsesdato: 1996-Dec Examination of disease patterns in the past has often been difficult due to lack of morphological evidence. This study presents a new unbiased method for estimation of occurrence of infectious middle ear disease (IMED) in childhood. The method is based on the relation betwee...
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ftcopenhagenunip:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/39159360-74cb-11db-bee9-02004c4f4f50 2023-12-17T10:30:54+01:00 Estimation of otitis media in ancient populations: A study of past and present Greenlandic Inuit Homøe, P Lynnerup, N Skovgaard, Lene Theil Rasmussen, N 1996 https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/estimation-of-otitis-media-in-ancient-populations-a-study-of-past-and-present-greenlandic-inuit(39159360-74cb-11db-bee9-02004c4f4f50).html eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Homøe , P , Lynnerup , N , Skovgaard , L T & Rasmussen , N 1996 , ' Estimation of otitis media in ancient populations: A study of past and present Greenlandic Inuit ' , Journal of Laryngology and Otology , vol. 110 , no. 12 , pp. 1114-9 . article 1996 ftcopenhagenunip 2023-11-22T23:58:18Z Udgivelsesdato: 1996-Dec Examination of disease patterns in the past has often been difficult due to lack of morphological evidence. This study presents a new unbiased method for estimation of occurrence of infectious middle ear disease (IMED) in childhood. The method is based on the relation between IMED in childhood and small or asymmetric pneumatized cell areas in the temporal bones as seen on standardised X-rays. A polychotomous logistic regression model was applied on 434 pneumatized cell areas in temporal bones from 34 adult living Greenlandic Inuit, 56 adult crania from the 18th to the 19th century, A.D. and 127 adult Inuit crania from the pre-European colonization period (before A.D. 1721) of Greenland. The occurrence of IMED as designated by the model was eight out of 34 (23.5 per cent) in living Inuit, 10 out of 56 (17.9 per cent) in crania from the 18th to 19th century and six out of 127 (4.7 per cent) in crania from the pre-colonization period. These frequencies differed significantly (p < 0.002). The mean area size also differed significantly, thus indicating a change in occurrence of IMED and a decrease in area sizes from past to present in Greenland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland greenlandic inuit University of Copenhagen: Research Greenland |
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Udgivelsesdato: 1996-Dec Examination of disease patterns in the past has often been difficult due to lack of morphological evidence. This study presents a new unbiased method for estimation of occurrence of infectious middle ear disease (IMED) in childhood. The method is based on the relation between IMED in childhood and small or asymmetric pneumatized cell areas in the temporal bones as seen on standardised X-rays. A polychotomous logistic regression model was applied on 434 pneumatized cell areas in temporal bones from 34 adult living Greenlandic Inuit, 56 adult crania from the 18th to the 19th century, A.D. and 127 adult Inuit crania from the pre-European colonization period (before A.D. 1721) of Greenland. The occurrence of IMED as designated by the model was eight out of 34 (23.5 per cent) in living Inuit, 10 out of 56 (17.9 per cent) in crania from the 18th to 19th century and six out of 127 (4.7 per cent) in crania from the pre-colonization period. These frequencies differed significantly (p < 0.002). The mean area size also differed significantly, thus indicating a change in occurrence of IMED and a decrease in area sizes from past to present in Greenland. |
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Homøe, P Lynnerup, N Skovgaard, Lene Theil Rasmussen, N |
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Homøe, P Lynnerup, N Skovgaard, Lene Theil Rasmussen, N Estimation of otitis media in ancient populations: A study of past and present Greenlandic Inuit |
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Estimation of otitis media in ancient populations: A study of past and present Greenlandic Inuit |
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Estimation of otitis media in ancient populations: A study of past and present Greenlandic Inuit |
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Estimation of otitis media in ancient populations: A study of past and present Greenlandic Inuit |
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Estimation of otitis media in ancient populations: A study of past and present Greenlandic Inuit |
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Estimation of otitis media in ancient populations: A study of past and present Greenlandic Inuit |
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estimation of otitis media in ancient populations: a study of past and present greenlandic inuit |
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Homøe , P , Lynnerup , N , Skovgaard , L T & Rasmussen , N 1996 , ' Estimation of otitis media in ancient populations: A study of past and present Greenlandic Inuit ' , Journal of Laryngology and Otology , vol. 110 , no. 12 , pp. 1114-9 . |
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