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Table 1 Main patient characteristic

From: Scoliosis detection, patient characteristics, referral patterns and treatment in the absence of a screening program in Norway

Characteristics

Frequency (n)

%

Gender (n=752)

  

Girls

644

86

Boys

108

14

Age/years

  

7-12

105

14

13-14

228

30

15-16

292

39

17 and older

127

17

Scoliosis detector

  

Patient him/herself

50

7

Parents/family/ friends

485

64

Primary physicians

93

12

Hospital specialists

12

2

Allied health care provider

96

13

Non-health care provider

16

2

Risser sign 1

  

0

182

24

1

38

5

2

76

10

3

67

9

4

251

34

5

135

18

Cobb angle/°

  

10 - 24.9

119

16

25 - 34.9

229

31

35 - 39.9

114

15

40 - 44.9

91

12

>45

199

27

King Moe Classification 2

  

1

220

32

2

259

37

3

164

24

4

40

6

5

9

1

Back pain 3

  

Absent

307

42

Seldom

139

19

Sometimes

163

22

Often

93

13

All the time

30

4

Treatment recommendations

  

Brace

161

21

Surgery

195

26

Further observation

192

26

Discharged

204

27

  1. 1)Not reported, n= 3 2)Not reported, n= 60 3)Not reported n= 20.
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