Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics at baseline for 108 patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Characteristics | Patients | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All (n = 108) | RCO group (n = 13) | Boston-style TLSO group (n = 95) | P | ||||
Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | ||
Age (years) | 12.5 (1.3) | 12.5 (1.3) | 12.5 (1.3) | 0.762 | |||
Female sex | 93 (86) | 11 (85) | 82 (86) | 1.00 | |||
Race | 0.282 | ||||||
Caucasian | 78 (72) | 10 (77) | 68 (72) | ||||
African American | 16 (15) | 0 (0) | 16 (17) | ||||
Hispanic | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | ||||
Asian/Pacific Islander | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | ||||
Other | 11 (10) | 3 (23) | 8 (8) | ||||
Major curve location | |||||||
Thoracic | 51 (47) | 5 (38) | 46 (48) | 0.500 | |||
Thoracolumbar | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | 3 (3) | 1.00 | |||
Lumbar | 24 (22) | 1 (7.7) | 23 (24) | 0.290 | |||
Double major | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||||
Double thoracic | 9 (8) | 3 (23) | 6 (6) | 0.075 | |||
Thoracic and thoracolumbar | 19 (18) | 4 (31) | 15 (16) | 0.238 | |||
Triple | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 1.00 | |||
Major curve (°) | 31.6 (4.4) | 32.7 (4.8) | 31.4 (4.4) | 0.387 | |||
Major curve >30° | 56 (52) | 7 (54) | 49 (51) | 0.878 | |||
Risser stage | 0.710 | ||||||
0 | 68 (63) | 7 (54) | 61 (64) | ||||
1 | 24 (22) | 4 (31) | 20 (21) | ||||
2 | 16 (15) | 2 (15) | 14 (15) | ||||