Is Scoliosis more common in females or males?

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Yes

Why? 
From what I read,it seems that the scientists don't know it for sure...
yet.


 Being a condition that can affect people of all ages, Scoliosis typically appears before or during puberty.
 Girls who tend to be taller than the boys their age, have shown an increased risk for scoliosis.

It may be linked to patients' leptin levels

Leptin is a hormone that performs many different tasks in the human body. One of its best-known functions is appetite suppression; a hormone called ghrelin tells you when you need to eat, and leptin tells you when it's time to stop.

 However, leptin seems to have many other effects beyond simply making you feel full. 
 The hormone has been shown to affect bone growth in mice via the SNS (Sympathetic Nervous System), and it has been suggested that idiopathic scoliosis in females may occur as a result of "increased SNS activity" that also affects the patient's weight (girls with scoliosis tend to have a fairly low BMI -body mass index).

 According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, idiopathic scoliosis occurs ten times more often in girls than it does in boys over the age of 10.
It seems that in girls, the chance of their curve worsening is up to eight times more likely than in a boy of similar age.


It is a bit unclear why that is the case, it may certainly be a genetic tendency, and/or something relating to hormonal alterations or connective tissue adaptations for the potential for childbirth in females.

However, it is important to note that these are merely hypotheses.

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sources:
https://share.upmc.com/2017/05/scoliosis-more-common-girls/
https://www.scoliosissos.com/news/post/why-is-scoliosis-more-common-in-females
https://www.ortho.wustl.edu/content/Education/3634/Patient-Education/Educational-Materials/Scoliosis-FAQs.aspx