Table 5 Univariate analysis results of parental pMDD in the AIS group

Age of patients (years old)

14.3 ± 2.1

14.8 ± 2.6

0.511

Course of disease (months)

18.5 ± 20.5

24.2 ± 27.8

0.464

Frontal Balance (mm)

11.0 ± 10.3

13.0 ± 8.8

0.575

Major Curve < 50°

37 (94.9%)

2 (5.1%)

0.022*

 ≥50°

18 (72.0%)

7 (28.0%)

Sex of patients Male

3 (60.0%)

2 (40.0%)

0.141*

 Female

52 (88.1%)

7 (11.9%)

Planed surgery Yes

29 (82.9%)

6 (17.1%)

0.494*

 No

26 (89.7%)

3 (10.3%)

MDD of patients No

53 (89.8%)

6 (10.2%)

0.017*

 Yes

2 (40.0%)

3 (60.0%)

GAD of patients No

54 (87.1%)

8 (12.9%)

0.263*

 Yes

1 (50.0%)

1 (50.0%)

Shoulder height Equal

14 (87.5%)

2 (12.5%)

1.000*

 Unequal

41 (85.4%)

7 (14.6%)

Brace treatment Yes

15 (78.9%)

4 (21.1%)

0.432*

 No

40 (88.9%)

5 (11.1%)

Age of parents

42.7 ± 4.3

41.0 ± 3.8

0.270

Parenthood Father

16 (94.1%)

1 (5.9%)

0.424*

 Mother

39 (83.0%)

8 (17.0%)

Education of parents Primary/Junior school

14 (70.0%)

6 (30.0%)

0.022*

 Senior school/University

41 (93.2%)

3 (6.8%)

Job of parents Yes

37 (88.1%)

5 (11.9%)

0.480*

 No

18 (81.8%)

4 (18.2%)

Health Insurance Yes

44 (86.3%)

7 (13.7%)

1.000*

 No

11 (84.6%)

2 (15.4%)

Residence City

48 (87.3%)

7 (12.7%)

0.602*

 Countryside

7 (77.8%)

2 (22.2%)

Parental Marriage Married

49 (84.5%)

9 (15.5%)

0.582*

 Divorced/widowed

6 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Live with parents Yes

53 (86.9%)

8 (13.1%)

0.370*

 No

2 (66.7%)

1 (33.3%)

Income < 8000 rmb/month

32 (78.0%)

9 (22.0%)

0.021*

 ≥8000 rmb/month

23 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)