Table 3. Median values and ranges for NMJ non-colocalization scores; each patients received a score equivalent to the median values within their NMJs.

	Idiopathic scoliosis		Cerebral palsy		Mann-
Comparison	(n = 28 patients)		(n = 25 patients)		Whitney
	Median	Range	Median	Range	p value
ROE	0.04	0.02–0.07	0.04	0.01–0.08	0.487
EOR	0.30	0.24–0.44	0.31	0.20–0.43	0.539
LOE	0.41	0.20–0.56	0.38	0.19–0.49	0.170
EOL	0.06	0.02–0.19	0.10	0.01–0.23	0.017*
LOR	0.53	0.35–0.69	0.51	0.34–0.64	0.226
ROL	0.04	0–0.16	0.05	0.01–0.16	0.349
VOE	0.07	0.03–0.13	0.06	0.01–0.22	0.964
EOV	0.54	0.33–0.69	0.58	0.39–0.76	0.121
VOR	0.19	0.11–0.43	0.21	0.10–0.40	0.838
ROV	0.44	0.31–0.62	0.45	0.26–0.69	0.972

R = AChR; O = outside of; E = AChE; L = laminin β2; V = SV2.

^*represents p values<0.05 by Mann-Whitney.