. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 22.

Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2014 Feb 14;13(4):368–374. doi: 10.3171/2014.1.PEDS13105

TABLE 1.

Basic demographic and clinical characteristics of 92 patients with CM-I and syringomyelia^*

Parameter	w/o Scoliosis	w/ Scoliosis	p Value
no. of patients	57	35
mean age at syrinx diagnosis in yrs [AQ? Correct addition in yellow?]	10 ± 5.3	9.6 ± 3.8	0.696
no. of males (%)	27 (47)	14 (40)	0.490
mean BMI	18 ± 6.5	19.2 ± 6.5	0.498
chief complaint (%)
scoliosis	0 (0)	23 (66)	—
neurological symptoms	33 (58)	17 (48)	—
headache	38 (67)	9 (26)	—
combination of symptoms	19 (33)	14 (40)	—

Values represent the means ± standard deviation unless indicated otherwise. BMI = body mass index; — = not applicable [AQ? Correct for this and all other tables? If not, please provide correct definition.].