Table 2

Pearson's correlation coefficients (r) between the dependent variable "Cobb angle" and the independent variable "rib-index" with and without the effect of the (predictor) variable "age"


"Thoracic Cobb angle"
"Thoracolumbar Cobb angle"
"Lumbar Cobb angle"

"Rib-index" without the effect of "age"
r = 0.197
p = 0.077
r = 0.105
p = 0.35
r = 0.052
p = 0.642

Grivas et al. Scoliosis 2007 2:11   doi:10.1186/1748-7161-2-11