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Table 7 Characteristics of patients with different age of IS onset

From: CHD7 gene polymorphisms in female patients with idiopathic scoliosis

 

AIS N = 152

EOIS N = 59

P-value

Age (y)

18.5 ± 1.8 (12.3–24.1)

16.3 ± 7.1 (12.4–50.1)

0.62a

Age of menarche

12.9 ± 1.3 (10.0–15.1)

13.1 ± 1.1 (10.5–16)

0.34b

Cobb angle (°)

35.2 ± 15.6 (10–90)

49.4 ± 19.5 (14–114)

0.0001a

Progression rate (°/month)

0.52 ± 0.75 (0–4.0)

1.15 ± 1 (0–4.0)

0.0001a

Surgical treatment

16.4%

50.8%

0.0001c

  1. Abbreviations: IS idiopathic scoliosis, a – U-Mann-Whitney test, b – t-test, c – Chi-square test
  2. significant P-values (<0.05) are in bold