Vitamin D Receptor gene (VDR) transcripts in bone, cartilage, muscles and blood and microarray analysis of vitamin D responsive genes expression in paravertebral muscles of Juvenile and Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis patients

Table 1 Characteristics and comparison of the studied groups

	Group A Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis					Group B Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis					U-Mann Whitney
Parameter	Average	Median	Min	Max	St. dev	Average	Median	Min	Max	St. dev	p
Age	17	15.9	14.8	24	2.92	16.8	15.6	13.7	25	3.03	0.54
Risser	4.2	4	4	5	0.44	3.6	4	1	5	1.19	0.21
Cobb	75.3	72	36	114	24.81	65.9	64.5	42	94	14.39	0.26
Kyphosis	42.8	48	12	70	17.28	32	28	12	59	14.12	0.09
RAsag	21.6	21	2.5	46	11.88	18.3	17.5	6	34	7.51	0.31
RHi	0.44	0.48	0.03	0.91	0.25	0.31	0.30	0	0.64	0.17	0.17
Findex	0.15	0.15	0	0.38	0.12	0.32	0.23	0	0.8	0.270	0.10

Radiological characteristics and statistical comparison of group A-juvenile idiopathic scoliosis (n=9) and group B- adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (n=20), p<0,05 was considered as a statistically significant (nonparametric Mann Whitney U test).

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