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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Spine J. 2020 Jan 18;20(6):956–963. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2020.01.006

Table 2.

Factors contributing to scoliosis risk in 315 adults with congenital heart disease (CHD)

Logistic regression analysis
Predictor variables Total (n=315) Scoliosis (n=64, 20.3%) No scoliosis (n=251, 79.7%) OR 95% CI p
22q11.2 deletion syndrome 86 46 (53.5%) 40 (46.5%) 25.4 11.2–57.4 <.0001
Thoracotomy before age 12 years 98 24 (24.5%) 74 (75.5%) 3.5 1.6–8.1 .0027
Severe CHD 120 32 (26.7%) 88 (73.3%) 2.3 1.1–4.7 .0196
Female sex 147 35 (23.8%) 112 (76.2%) 1.7 0.9–3.3 .1309

OR, Odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence intervals.

Significant findings are indicated in bold font.

Likelihood ratio for regression model: χ2 =94.6, df=4, p<.0001.