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Table 1 The main demographic variables of patients before the surgery

From: Prevalence and risk factors of axial neck pain in patients undergoing multilevel anterior cervical decompression with fusion surgery

 

Axial pain (n = 24)

No axial pain (n = 64)

P value

Age (years)

59.5 ± 8.8

60.7 ± 9.8

0.600

Sex (male/female)

11/13

34/30

0.542

BMI (kg/m2)

25.3 ± 2.9

23.8 ± 4.9

0.143

Smoking (yes/no)

9/15

30/34

0.430

Drink (yes/no)

6/18

25/39

0.219

Heart disease

7/17

15/49

0.580

Hypertension (yes/no)

7/17

23/41

0.551

Diabetes (yes/no)

5/19

16/48

0.683

Preoperative kyphosis

11/13

14/50

0.026

Axial neck pain

15/9

18/46

0.003

JOA scores

9.95 ± 2.1

9.98 ± 1.53

0.248

DOI scores

0.52 ± 0.08

0.54 ± 0.11

0.378

  1. There were statistically significant differences between preoperative kyphosis and axial neck pain in two groups (P < 0.05)
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

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