Table 1.

Patients’ characteristics

	All patients (n = 20)	Brace cohort (n = 9)	Observation cohort (n = 11)	p value
Sex
Female	16 (80%)	9 (100%)	7 (63.6%)
Male	4 (20%)	0	4 (36.4%)
Age (yr) at diagnosis	14.6 (± 3.2)	13.5 (± 3.2)	15.5 (± 3.1)	0.07
Age (yr) at final follow-up	56.5 (± 7.8)	57.3 (± 9.6)	55.9 (± 6.5)	0.91
Follow-up (yr)	42 (± 9)	43.3 (± 11.1)	41 (± 7.4)	0.77
Duration of bracing (months)		26.1 (± 15.6)
Body mass index at follow-up	23.2 (± 4)	24.1 (± 5.4)	22.5 (± 2.4)	0.77
Pain (VAS) at diagnosis (median, minimum; maximum)	1 (0; 7)	0 (0; 7)	0 (0; 6)	0.74
Major curve Cobb angle (°) at diagnosis	31.7 (14.6)	35 (± 18.6)	28.9 (± 10.5)	0.75

Results, if not stated differently, in mean (± standard deviation). yr, year; VAS, visual analog scale

Significance defined as p < .05