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PICO
Question: Among children without scoliosis at age 10, are measures of fat and lean mass related to the development of scoliosis by age 15?
Question type: Descriptive
Study design: Prospective cohort
Investigators from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom sought to determine the relationship of body mass with the development of idiopathic scoliosis in children. Using the cohort of patients from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), the authors carried out the first population-based prospective study evaluating the association between fat and lean mass at age 10 years with presence of scoliosis at age 15 …
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