Table 1.
Pre-operative demographic and radiologic parameters for operatively treated adults with scoliosis stratified based on patient age group
| Patient age group (years) | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 18–45 | 46–85 | ||
| n | 89 | 187 | |
| Female:male | 80:9 | 169:18 | 1.0 |
| Mean age (SD, range) | 32 (9, 18–45) | 59 (7, 46–83) | <0.001 |
| Mean body mass index (SD, range) | 24 (4, 16–39) | 26 (5, 16–46) | <0.001 |
| Mean comorbidity score (SD, range) | 0.7 (1.1, 0–5) | 2.7 (2.7, 0–16) | <0.001 |
| Depression/anxiety (%) | 26 | 26 | 1.0 |
| Smoker (%) | 13 | 3 | 0.006 |
| Narcotic use (%) | 12 | 38 | <0.001 |
| Mean back pain score (SD, range) | 6.0 (2.3, 2–10) | 6.6 (2.0, 2–10) | 0.049 |
| Mean leg pain score (SD, range) | 1.9 (3.0, 0–10) | 4.9 (2.8, 0–10) | <0.001 |
| Mean ODI (SD, range) | 23 (18, 0–72) | 38 (16, 0–82) | <0.001 |
| Mean SRS-22 score (SD, range) | 3.3 (0.6, 2–5) | 3.0 (0.6, 1–4) | <0.001 |
| Scoliosis etiology (%) | <0.001 | ||
| Idiopathic | 89 (100) | 147 (79) | |
| Degenerative | 0 (0) | 40 (21) | |
| Curve type (%) | <0.001 | ||
| Thoracic | 50 (56) | 39 (21) | |
| Thoracolumbar | 39 (44) | 145 (77) | |
| Lumbar/lumbosacral | 0 (0) | 3 (2) | |
| Mean maximum Cobb angle (SD, range) | 59 (15, 30–110) | 54 (18, 20–103) | 0.059 |
| Positive sagittal malalignment, percent with SVA >+6 cm | 2 | 17 | <0.001 |
| Coronal alignment, percent with CA magnitude >4 cm | 6 | 16 | 0.042 |
ODI Oswestry Disability Index, SD standard deviation, SRS Scoliosis Research Society, SVA sagittal vertical axis, CA coronal alignment