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Table 5 Correlation of proliferation or apoptosis indexes to various radiographic measurements

From: Histomorphological study of the spinal growth plates from the convex side and the concave side in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Measurements   Cobb AVT AVR DWA
Upper end vertebral growth plate Convex side PCNA 0.251 0.232 0.362 0.334
   TUNEL 0.184 0.090 0.204 0.166
   PARP 0.417 0.384 0.427 0.326
  Concave side PCNA -0.100 -0.099 -0.057 0.035
   TUNEL -0.125 -0.202 -0.118 -0.005
   PARP -0.488* -0.549* -0.295 -0.464*
Apex vertebral growth plate Convex side PCNA 0.453* 0.519* 0.498* 0.299
   TUNEL 0.395 0.324 0.493* 0.254
   PARP 0.563* 0.556* 0.641* 0.417
  Concave side PCNA -0.589* -0.547* -0.404 -0.538*
   TUNEL -0.774* -0.814* -0.710* -0.657*
   PARP -0.339 -0.364 -0.185 -0.323
Lower end vertebral growth plate Convex side PCNA -0.069 -0.024 0.266 0.106
   TUNEL -0.080 -0.048 0.183 0.002
   PARP -0.099 0.018 0.195 0.029
  Concave side PCNA -0.106 -0.046 0.166 -0.010
   TUNEL -0.240 -0.224 -0.232 -0.146
   PARP -0.275 -0.179 0.080 -0.170
  1. Correlation of proliferation or apoptosis indexes with various radiographic measurements expressed as Pearson or spearmen correlation coefficients with significance set at P < 0.05. * Statistical significance.
  2. AVT = Apex vertical translation; AVR = Apex vertebral rotation; DWA = Disc wedging angle of apex.