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Table 3 Comparison of the whole sagittal alignments between males and females

From: How does the sagittal spinal balance of the scoliotic population deviate from the asymptomatic population?

Items

Normal adults

Scoliotic adults

male (n = 76)

female(n = 50)

P value

male (n = 54)

female (n = 63)

P value

Sagittal postural patterns (n, percent)

 

 Roussouly 1

37 (23.7%)

23 (22.1%)

0.686

12 (20.3%)

13 (18.8%)

0.044*

 Roussouly 2

28 (17.9%)

10 (9.6%)

9 (15.3%)

13 (18.8%)

 Roussouly 3

70 (44.9%)

54 (51.9%)

20 (33.9%)

38 (55.1%)

 Roussouly 4

21 (13.5%)

17 (16.3%)

18 (30.5%)

5 (7.2%)

C7-subgroups (n, percent)

 

 C7-anterior

5 (6.6%)

1 (2.0%)

0.401

17 (34.5%)

12 (19.0%)

0.120

 C7-posterior

71 (93.4%)

49 (98.0%)

37 (65.5%)

51 (81%)

  1. * Statistically significant at P < 0.05, Pearson’s χ2 test (two-tailed)