Does Scoliosis-Specific Exercise Treatment in Adolescence Alter Adult Quality of Life?

Table 7

Multiple regression analysis for ODQ scores: (a) the count model of the Poisson model analysis for the ODQ scores exceeding zero and (b) the binominal zero inflation model for ODQ scores of zero.

(a)

Total ODQ score	Parameter estimate	Standard error		Odds ratio	95% CI
Age (older)	.033	.014	.02	.01	.01–.06
Gender (male)	−.003	.097	.98	.009	.02–.19
Place of residence (rural)	−.088	.054	.11	.009	.001–.02
Scoliosis (≤10°Cobb)	.140	.091	.13	.01	.03–.32
Intervention (observation)	−.024	.093	.80	.009	.01–.16
Marital status (single)	−.213	.096	.03	.008	.001–.03
Employment (employed)	−.128	.152	.40	.008	.004–.17
Education (lower level)	−.131	.065	.04	.008	.002-.003

(b)

Total ODQ score	Parameter estimate	Standard error		Odds ratio	95% CI
Age (older)	.103	.071	.15	.01	.03–.24
Gender (male)	.893	.447	.04	.02	.01–1.77
Place of residence (rural)	.289	.417	.49	.01	.2–1.10
Scoliosis (<10°Cobb)	−.028	.434	.95	.009	.8–1.83
Intervention (observation)	1.177	.483	.01	.03	.1–2.12
Marital status (single)	−1.207	.491	.01	.02	.02–.24
Employment (unemployed)	.487	.687	.48	.01	.8–1.83
Education (lower level)	.850	.420	.04	.02	.2–1.67

Difference significant,  ; likelihood ratio: .