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Table 2 We found no difference between the two groups of the population categorized according to the main risk factor that was studied

From: Team care to cure adolescents with braces (avoiding low quality of life, pain and bad compliance): a case–control retrospective study. 2011 SOSORT Award winner

 

TEAM

NOT

P

Age (years)

15.9 ± 1.6

15.7 ± 1.5

NS

Gender (females)

77%

58%

NS

Disease (idiopathic scoliosis)

84%

58%

NS

Scoliosis at start (Cobb degrees)

25.2 ± 8.8

23.0 ± 14.7

NS

Scoliosis at the study (Cobb degrees)

19.5 ± 9.4

19 ± 3.5

NS

Result obtained (Cobb degrees)

−5.7 ± 4.3

−4.0 ± 6.0

NS

Years of treatment

1.5 ± 0.5

1.2 ± 0.4

NS

  1. TEAM: patients treated by a complete team respecting the SOSORT criteria (score: excellent); NOT: patients treated in a team not respecting the SOSORT criteria (score: insufficient). (NS: Not Significant).