[Predictors of scoliosis in school-aged children]

Alterations in the spinal column and obesity are on the rise, causing great concern in health and educational strata. This paper aims to take a step further and study in detail the relationship of the presence of scoliotic hump in obese schoolchildren.

was to determine the relationship between prevalence of types of variables hump and sociodemographic, anthropometric, and functional-side dominance.

The sample consisted of 2,822 schoolchildren in Spain, analyzed in 2010 with an average age of 8.5 years (SD: 1.792). Analyzed for Adams test, BMI, Edinburgh inventory, deep flexion test, and demographic questionnaire, we used the SPSS 20.0 (descriptive and test multivariate binary logistic regression).

The number of subjects who had scoliosis was 1,023 (36.3%), obesity occurred in 359 (12.7%) cases, and after regression including associations regarding gender, (adjusted OR: 2.044; 1.731-2.413), age (adjusted OR: 1.121; 1.070-1.174), presence of obesity (adjusted OR: 0.676; 0.518-0.882), and flexibility (adjusted OR: 1.015; 1.001-1.029).

The female participants were twice as likely to have hump. The prevalence with respect to age indicates that any schoolchild with a year of chronological age has 1.12 times higher risk of developing hump and subjects carrying the school supplies backpack have less risk of hump.