Researchers studied 52 AIS girls with an average scoliosis curve of 27 degrees Cobb and compared them with 92 girls without spinal deformity. The girls with scoliosis had a significantly lower average weight and lower body mass index than the control group.
The girls with AIS experienced a progressive BMI decrease with age and the percent of body fat was also lower in girls from this group. There were 11 girls who showed a BMI below 17.5, which is the limit for anorexia. Only three girls from the control group had a similar BMI.
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