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Table 2 Subjects with symmetry of back shape (normal) and severe trunk asymmetry.

From: Relatively lower body mass index is associated with an excess of severe truncal asymmetry in healthy adolescents: Do white adipose tissue, leptin, hypothalamus and sympathetic nervous system influence truncal growth asymmetry?

 

Boys

 

Normal

Trunk asymmetry

Age

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

11

20.66

4.09

19.18

3.29

12

21.39

4.13

20.67

4.03

13

22.00

4.20

21.32

3.40

14

22.70

4.04

21.96

3.90

15

22.73

3.73

22.34

3.94

16

22.51

4.05

25.74

5.02

17

23.72

4.01

22.52

2.72

 

Girls

11

20.57

3.84

20.33

3.24

12

21.55

4.01

20.37

3.77

13

22.44

4.19

21.20

3.24

14

22.72

3.86

21.66

3.40

15

22.50

3.69

22.44

4.39

16

22.40

3.21

22.04

3.44

17

22.15

2.85

20.90

2.41

  1. BMI distribution by age, gender and back shape.