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Epidemiology of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

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For example, this paper found that the prevalence of curves with higher Cobb angles is substantially higher in girls than in boys, and the female to male ratio rises from 1.5:1 to 3:1 and increases substantially with increasing age.
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Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is a common disease with an overall prevalence of 0.47–5.2 % in the current literature. The female to male ratio ranges from 1.5:1 to 3:1 and increases substantially with increasing age. In particular, the prevalence of curves with higher Cobb angles is substantially higher in girls than in boys: The female to male ratio rises from 1.4:1 in curves from 10° to 20° up to 7.2:1 in curves >40°. Curve pattern and prevalence of scoliosis is not only influenced by gender, but also by genetic factors and age of onset. These data obtained from school screening programs have to be interpreted with caution, since methods and cohorts of the different studies are not comparable as age groups of the cohorts and diagnostic criteria differ substantially. We do need data from studies with clear standards of diagnostic criteria and study protocols that are comparable to each other.

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Mutations in the human Jagged1 gene are responsible for Alagille syndrome

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Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

TL;DR: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis affects 1-3% of children in the at-risk population of those aged 10-16 years and the aetiopathogensis of this disorder remains unknown, with misinformation about its natural history.
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Adult scoliosis: prevalence, SF-36, and nutritional parameters in an elderly volunteer population

TL;DR: The scoliosis prevalence rate of 68% found in this study reveals a rate significantly higher than reported in other studies, and appears to reflect the targeted selection of an elderly group.
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Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

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