Table 1. Ages, anthropometric characteristics, and MRI measures of vertebral morphology and degree of lumbar lordosis in 80 healthy adolescent boys and girls.
| Males (n = 40) |
Females (n = 40) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yr) | 11.5 ± 1.35 | 10.8 ± 1.21 | 0.015 |
| Height (cm) | 149.2 ± 11.2 | 145.3 ± 8.34 | 0.083 |
| Height (%) | 59.4 ± 28.7 | 58.9 ± 26.3 | 0.939 |
| Weight (kg) | 43.8 ± 12.6 | 38.3 ± 8.5 | 0.025 |
| Weight (%) | 58.6 ± 32.0 | 54.6 ± 32.0 | 0.577 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 19.5 ± 4.59 | 18.0 ± 2.98 | 0.081 |
| Vert. height (cm) | 1.94 ± 0.21 | 1.95 ± 0.18 | 0.734 |
| Vert. CSA (cm2) | 9.38 ± 1.46 | 7.93 ± 0.73 | <0.0001 |
| Lumbar lordosis (°) | 23.7 ± 6.05 | 27.6 ± 8.04 | 0.018 |