Table 4.

Socio-demographic characteristics in 272 Boston braced patients with late-onset juvenile or adolescent idiopathic scoliosis at mean follow-up of 24.7 years

Characteristic	Brace only N = 215	Brace and surgery N = 25	Brace and major curve ≥ 45° at follow-up n = 32
Educational level
Primary school (9 year)	6	9	7
High school (12 year)	18	26	32
University college	76	66	61
Work status	78	64	72
Working full time	9	16	9
Working part- time	2	4	0
Student	2	4	0
Homemaker	2	0	0
On sick leave	1	4	4
Rehabilitation	6	8	15
Disability pension
Changed job because of back pain or disability	26	46*¤	27
Scoliosis influenced my choice of	29	42	44
education and job	32	33	48
Comorbidity	17	42*¤	19
Smoking	84	72	63#
Married/living together
Born children (n = 259)	87	91	86
Pain in pregnancy (n = 225)	50	53	50

Percentages are given.

Brace compared with brace and surgery: * p < 0.05

Brace compared with brace and major curve ≥ 45°: # p < 0.05

Brace and surgery compared with brace and major curve ≥ 45°:¤ p < 0.05