Skeletal maturity of the hand in an East African group from Sudan.

Objectives: Studies of skeletal maturity from Africa indicate a delay, reflected in a negative relative skeletal age (RSA). This study aims to evaluate the influence of age, socioeconomic status (SES) and nutritional status on skeletal maturation in a large sample of children from North Sudan.

Materials: The sample consisted 665 males and 1018 females from 3-25 years from Khartoum.