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Table 3 Degrees of each angle at each decade of life

From: Changes of upright body posture in the sagittal plane of men and women occurring with aging – a cross sectional study

Decade of life

Neck

(degree)

Thorax

(degree)

Waist

(degree)

Hip

(degree)

Knee

(degree)

20-29 yrs

162.8 ± 2.3

***/##

163.3 ± 1.6

***/###/$$$

167.5 ± 0.7

176.2 ± 0.9

175.4 ± 0.9

30-39 yrs

161.3 ± 2.0

*/#

161.0 ± 1.2

$$

165.5 ± 1.0

176.1 ± 0.8

174.7 ± 1.0

40-49 yrs

161.7 ± 1.3

*/#

162.4 ± 1.5

**/##/$$

167.1 ± 0.9

175.3 ± 0.8

172.6 ± 0.6

50-59 yrs

158.9 ± 1.8

161.0 ± 1.5

$$

166.6 ± 1.1

177.4 ± 0.9

177.9 ± 1.1

60-69 yrs

153.5 ± 0.9

156.2 ± 1.0

166.9 ± 0.6

176.9 ± 0.7

178.4 ± 0.9

70-79 yrs

154.6 ± 1.6

156.6 ± 0.6

167.7 ± 0.6

176.2 ± 0.5

178.4 ± 0.7

80-89 yrs

159.0 ± 0.6

154.6 ± 1.0

167.9 ± 1.0

176.8 ± 0.8

179.5 ± 0.8

total

157.2 ± 0.6

158.2 ± 0.4

167.2 ± 0.3

176.4 ± 0.3

177.5 ± 0.4

P

0.000

0.000

0.552

0.766

0.000

F

6.348

8.990

0.825

0.555

5.221

  1. Data are expressed as Mean ± S.E. *, **, *** vs 60-69 yrs., #,##, ### vs 70-79 yrs., and $, $$, $$$ vs 80-89 yrs. p < 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001, respectively