Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with early onset scoliosis.
| Baseline | N = 72 |
| Age, y, mean (SD) | 11.9 (4.2) |
| Gender, n (%) | |
| Female | 41 (56.9) |
| Male | 31 (43.1) |
| Underlying disease, n (%) | |
| Idiopathic | 5 (6.9) |
| Neuromuscular | 23 (32) |
| Congenital | 19 (26.4) |
| Syndromic | 10 (13.9) |
| Other unidentified | 15 (20.8) |
| Cobb angle, n (%) | |
| <30° | 16 (22.3) |
| >30° | 56 (77.7) |
| Ambulation, n (%) | |
| Yes | 42 (58.3) |
| No | 30 (41.7) |
| Treatment, n (%) | |
| Observational | 47 (65.3) |
| Bracing | 3 (4.2) |
| Growing | 5 (7) |
| Definitive | 17 (23.5) |