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

Table 4

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

Variables	Boys; preterm group ()			Boys; control group ()
		Me	SD		Me	SD
Standing position
CIT [degree]	1.24	0.90	0.97	1.44	1.25	0.84		0.295
DHS [mm]	8.18	8.90	5.12	6.97	5.60	4.90		0.370
DHCS [mm]	5.24	4.50	3.71	5.46	3.30	5.60		0.677
DDCS [mm]	4.43	3.40	4.01	6.39	6.90	5.05		0.193
DHP [mm]	2.64	2.20	1.98	2.59	1.95	2.31	0.31	0.756
AS [mm]	6.04	5.10	2.85	5.27	4.20	3.01	1.08	0.281
Sitting position
CIT [degree]	1.62	1.45	1.14	1.80	1.60	1.18		0.715
DHS [mm]	6.54	5.05	6.29	8.76	7.25	6.39		0.211
DHCS [mm]	4.71	4.50	3.52	5.47	5.05	4.70		0.791
DDCS [mm]	6.94	6.10	5.74	9.60	8.35	6.68		0.104
DHP [mm]	2.88	1.95	2.69	3.80	2.75	3.64		0.446
AS [mm]	7.46	7.60	3.04	7.58	6.35	5.03	0.63	0.529

: 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.