Spine Curvature Analysis between Participants with Obesity and Normal Weight Participants: A Biplanar Electromagnetic Device Measurement

Table 4

Comparison of thoracolumbar curvatures in the coronal and sagittal planes separate by group.

Curvature	Nonparticipants with obesity			Participants with obesity
	Men	Women	Diff.	Men	Women	Diff.
Sag. thoracic kyphosis; (deg)	39.65; (±2.09)	38.05; (±2.91)	1.60; (±1.34)	51.80; (±1.88)	56.18; (±3.43)	5.10 **; (±1.32)
Sag. angles T1–T8; (deg)	26.40; (±1.79)	25.64; (±2.09)	0.76; (±0.99)	43.07; (±1.56)	44.32; (±2.86)	4.24 **; (±1.10)
Sag. angles T8–L1; (deg)	16.03; (±1.12)	13.31; (±3.50)	2.73 ***; (±0.52)	8.94; (±0.74)	9.34; (±0.42)	0.40; (±0.30)
Sag. lumbar lordosis; (deg)	31.84; (±1.52)	26.11; (±3.26)	5.73 ***; (±1.42)	25.41; (±1.11)	25.74; (±0.43)	−0.33; (±0.40)
TCCP; (deg)	0.00; (±0.65)	0.10; (±0.60)	−0.11; (±0.31)	0.07; (±0.71)	−0.20; (±0.58)	0.27; (±0.32)
LCCP; (deg)	−0.22; (±0.18)	0.09; (±0.32)	−0.31; (±0.14)	0.21; (±0.32)	−0.02; (±0.37)	0.23; (±0.17)

Sag: sagittal plane.
TCCP: thoracic curvature in coronal plane.
LCCP: lumbar curvature in coronal plane.
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