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Table 2 Comparisons of radiographic parameters between the DLS patients with and without PJK before surgery

From: Simplified S1 vertebral bone quality score independently predicts proximal junctional kyphosis after surgery for degenerative lumbar scoliosis

Variables

PJK (n = 27)

No PJK (n = 95)

p value

Preoperative TK

20.04 ± 10.72

18.03 ± 12.54

0.452

Preoperative TLK

20.00 ± 6.22

16.86 ± 5.38

0.011

Preoperative LL

26.01 ± 11.68

22.60 ± 15.19

0.217

Preoperative SS

19.46 ± 11.50

23.21 ± 10.01

0.099

Preoperative PI

50.91 ± 11.04

48.21 ± 10.01

0.229

Preoperative PT

27.89 ± 11.35

26.15 ± 10.59

0.458

Preoperative SVA

47.27 ± 32.46

44.68 ± 35.90

0.737

Preoperative PI-LL

24.89 ± 8.67

26.29 ± 12.89

0.514

Preoperative PJA

6.23 ± 4.37

6.33 ± 3.55

0.915