caa a22 4500 445832118 CHVBK 20180317145318.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00586-011-1695-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00586-011-1695-8 Idiopathic scoliosis in Korean schoolchildren: a prospective screening study of over 1million children [Elektronische Daten] [Seung-Woo Suh, Hitesh Modi, Jae-Hyuk Yang, Jae-Young Hong] Cross-sectional epidemiologic scoliosis screening was carried out to determine the current prevalence of scoliosis in the Korean population and to compare with the results of previous studies. Between 2000 and 2008, 1,134,890 schoolchildren underwent scoliosis screening. The children were divided into two age groups, 10-12-year-olds (elementary school) and 13-14-year-olds (middle school), to calculate age- and sex-specific prevalence rates. Children with a scoliometer reading ≥5° were referred for radiograms. Two surgeons independently measured curve types, magnitudes, and Risser scores (inter-observer r=0.964, intra-observer r=0.978). Yearly and overall prevalence rates of scoliosis were calculated. There were 584,554 boys and 550,336 girls in the sample, with a male to female ratio of 1.1:1. There were 77,910 (6.2%) children (26,824 boys and 51,086 girls) with scoliometer readings >5°, and 37,339 of them had positive results with Cobb angles ≥10° (positive predictive value, 46.4%). The overall scoliosis prevalence rate was 3.26%; girls had a higher prevalence (4.65%) than boys (1.97%). Prevalence rates increased progressively from 1.66 to 6.17% between 2000 and 2008, with the exception of 2002. According to age and gender, 10-12-year-old girls had the highest scoliosis prevalence rates (5.57%), followed by 13-14-year-old girls (3.90%), 10-12-year-old boys (2.37%), and 13-14-year-old boys (1.42%). In girls and boys, prevalence rates dropped by 64.53 and 60.65% among 10-12-year-olds and 13-14-year-olds, respectively (P=0.00). The proportion of 10°-19° curves was 95.25 and 84.45% in boys and girls, respectively; and the proportion of 20°-29° curves was 3.91 and 11.28%, which was a significant difference (P=0.00). Thoracic curves were the most common (47.59%) followed by thoracolumbar/lumbar (40.10%), double (9.09%), and double thoracic (3.22%) curves. A comparison of the curve patterns revealed significant differences between genders (P=0.00). We present this report as a guide for studying the prevalence of idiopathic scoliosis in a large population, and the increasing trend in the prevalence of idiopathic scoliosis emphasizes the need for awareness. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Scoliosis screening nationallicence Prevalence rate nationallicence Changing trend nationallicence Awareness nationallicence Suh Seung-Woo Scoliosis Research Institute, Department of Orthopedics, Korea University Guro Hospital, 80 Guro-Dong, Guro-Gu, Seoul, South Korea aut Modi Hitesh Scoliosis Research Institute, Department of Orthopedics, Korea University Guro Hospital, 80 Guro-Dong, Guro-Gu, Seoul, South Korea aut Yang Jae-Hyuk Scoliosis Research Institute, Department of Orthopedics, Korea University Guro Hospital, 80 Guro-Dong, Guro-Gu, Seoul, South Korea aut Hong Jae-Young Scoliosis Research Institute, Department of Orthopedics, Korea University Guro Hospital, 80 Guro-Dong, Guro-Gu, Seoul, South Korea aut European Spine Journal Springer-Verlag 20/7(2011-07-01), 1087-1094 0940-6719 20:7<1087 2011 20 586 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-011-1695-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-011-1695-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Suh Seung-Woo Scoliosis Research Institute, Department of Orthopedics, Korea University Guro Hospital, 80 Guro-Dong, Guro-Gu, Seoul, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Modi Hitesh Scoliosis Research Institute, Department of Orthopedics, Korea University Guro Hospital, 80 Guro-Dong, Guro-Gu, Seoul, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yang Jae-Hyuk Scoliosis Research Institute, Department of Orthopedics, Korea University Guro Hospital, 80 Guro-Dong, Guro-Gu, Seoul, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hong Jae-Young Scoliosis Research Institute, Department of Orthopedics, Korea University Guro Hospital, 80 Guro-Dong, Guro-Gu, Seoul, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Spine Journal Springer-Verlag 20/7(2011-07-01), 1087-1094 0940-6719 20:7<1087 2011 20 586 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer