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

Table 3

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

Variables	Girls; preterm group ()			Girls; control group ()
		Me	SD		Me	SD
Standing position
CIT [degree]	1.27	1.10	0.86	0.99	1.00	0.77	1.20	0.230
DHS [mm]	6.16	4.50	5.58	4.67	2.80	4.18	0.97	0.330
DHCS [mm]	5.55	5.60	3.77	5.66	4.50	4.35	0.20	0.841
DDCS [mm]	5.93	5.10	4.64	4.13	2.80	4.14	1.88	0.060
DHP [mm]	2.37	1.70	2.09	3.02	2.80	2.25		0.311
AS [mm]	4.82	4.50	2.29	5.47	4.90	3.43		0.696
Sitting position
CIT [degree]	1.65	1.60	1.13	1.43	1.20	1.16	0.68	0.500
DHS [mm]	4.62	3.90	4.47	4.80	3.30	4.61		0.841
DHCS [mm]	5.77	5.00	4.22	4.52	4.50	3.98		0.285
DDCS [mm]	5.79	4.65	4.41	6.59	6.80	4.54		0.531
DHP [mm]	2.71	2.20	2.26	3.79	3.30	3.10		0.261
AS [mm]	6.46	6.10	3.02	6.60	5.60	3.43		0.882

: 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.