Body Posture Asymmetry in Prematurely Born Children at Six Years of Age

Table 2

Body posture parameters in standing and in sitting position, relative to gestational age at birth.

Variables	Preterm group; ()			Control group; ()
		Me	SD		Me	SD
Standing position
CIT [degree]	1.26	0.95	0.91	1.18	1.10	0.82	0.16	0.876
DHS [mm]	7.17	5.60	5.40	5.66	5.00	4.60	1.30	0.194
DHCS [mm]	5.40	5.05	3.71	5.57	4.50	4.88	0.36	0.721
DDCS [mm]	5.18	4.50	4.36	5.10	3.90	4.65	0.36	0.721
DHP [mm]	2.50	2.20	2.02	2.84	2.80	2.26	−0.71	0.480
AS [mm]	5.43	4.95	2.63	5.38	4.50	3.23	0.61	0.541
Sitting position
CIT [degree]	1.64	1.60	1.12	1.59	1.50	1.17	0.34	0.734
DHS [mm]	5.54	4.50	5.43	6.51	5.00	5.75		0.365
DHCS [mm]	5.27	4.50	3.89	4.93	4.50	4.29		0.505
DDCS [mm]	6.34	5.10	5.05	7.88	6.80	5.71		0.185
DHP [mm]	2.79	2.20	2.44	3.79	3.30	3.31		0.172
AS [mm]	6.94	6.50	3.03	7.02	6.30	4.18		0.621

: number of observations; : arithmetic mean; Me: median; SD: standard deviation; : result of Student’s -test for independent variables; : result of Mann–Whitney test; : level of probability; CIT [degree]: coronal inclination of the trunk; DHS [mm]: difference in the heights of shoulders; DHCS [mm]: difference in the heights of the lower corners of the scapulae; DDCS [mm]: difference in the distances from the lower corners of the scapulae to the spine; DHP [mm]: difference in the height of the pelvis; SA [mm]: maximum deflection of the line connecting the spinous processes from C7-S1 line.