Using the Kids' Inpatient Database linked to US Census data for 1997 and 2000, this study generates the first population-based national incidence estimates for idiopathic SCFE in children ages 9–16, examining variation by race, sex, geographic region, and season.
When evaluating an adolescent with hip or knee pain, keep SCFE highest on your differential in Black or Hispanic boys around age 12–13 and girls around age 11 — this study quantifies just how disproportionate that risk is.
Geographic and seasonal clustering remind you that environmental triggers are real: don't anchor solely on obesity when risk-stratifying.
Using the Kids' Inpatient Database linked to US Census data for 1997 and 2000, this study generates the first population-based national incidence estimates for idiopathic SCFE in children ages 9–16, examining variation by race, sex, geographic region, and season.
When evaluating an adolescent with hip or knee pain, keep SCFE highest on your differential in Black or Hispanic boys around age 12–13 and girls around age 11 — this study quantifies just how disproportionate that risk is.
Geographic and seasonal clustering remind you that environmental triggers are real: don't anchor solely on obesity when risk-stratifying.