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Table 4 Comparisons of radiographic parameters between the DLS patients with and without PJK at final follow-up

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

TK at last follow-up

32.41 ± 9.46

25.17 ± 12.74

0.002

TLK at last follow-up

21.47 ± 6.16

12.51 ± 2.41

< 0.001

LL at last follow-up

31.92 ± 13.55

28.26 ± 16.17

0.285

SS at last follow-up

21.15 ± 9.88

23.97 ± 10.16

0.203

PI at last follow-up

51.76 ± 11.09

48.95 ± 9.94

0.209

PT at last follow-up

26.60 ± 11.11

24.54 ± 10.56

0.380

SVA at last follow-up

65.33 ± 17.76

45.53 ± 33.53

< 0.001

PI-LL at last follow-up

20.72 ± 9.21

23.44 ± 11.76

0.281

PJA at last follow-up

21.13 ± 8.35

9.79 ± 4.92

< 0.001