Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

	Overall	Wise	Vertical	P
Total no. patients	60	49	11	—
Mean age ± SD, y	16.7 ± 1.7	16.7 ± 1.8	17.0 ± 1.3	NS
Mean BMI ± SD	28.4 ± 4.2	28.5 ± 0.6	27.3 ± 2.6	NS
Comorbidities, n (%)
Obesity	19 (31.7)	18 (36.7)	1 (9.1)	NS
Overweight	27 (45.0)	19 (38.8)	8 (72.7)	NS
Smoking	2 (3.3)	2 (4.1)	0 (0)	NS
Presenting symptoms, n (%)
Pain	55 (91.7)	47 (95.9)	8 (72.7)	0.039
Rash	20 (33.3)	17 (34.7)	3 (27.3)	NS
Shoulder grooving	16 (26.7)	10 (20.4)	6 (54.5)	NS
Asymmetry	9 (15.0)	5 (10.2)	4 (36.4)	NS
Poor posture	4 (6.7)	3 (6.1)	1 (9.1)	NS
Paresthesia	2 (3.3)	2 (4.1)	0 (0)	NS
Sleep compromise	2 (3.3)	2 (4.1)	0 (0)	NS

BMI, body mass index; NS, not significant.