Reconsidering osteoarthritis as a skeletal indicator of age at death

Objectives Osteoarthritis (OA) generally increases with age, but it is a complex, multifactorial disease. This study investigated whether obesity, physical activity, and antemortem trauma preclude the use of OA for skeletal age estimation. Materials and Methods The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and all appendicular joints were scored for skeletal indicators of OA in 408 modern European‐Americans (Bass Collection, TN). Binomial generalized linear...