. 2008 Feb 27;17(5):673–678. doi: 10.1007/s00586-008-0641-x

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study and control group

	Children with Scheuermann’s disease	Normal children	p
N	175	175
Male^b	147 (84)	147 (84)
Female^b	28 (16)	28 (16)
Age (years)^a	13.07 (0.87)	13.14 (0.84)	0.266^c
Height (cm)^a	166.8 (7.59)	164.4 (6.3)	0.002^c
Weight (kg)^a	66.12 (4.04)	61.2 (4.68)	0.000^c
BMI (kg/m²)^a	23.88 (2.38)	22.68 (1.69)	0.000^c

^aThe values are given as the mean with the standard deviation in parentheses

^bThe values are given as raw numbers with the percentages (%) in parentheses

^cTests performed using Mann–Whitney test