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Table 1 Demographic data

From: Risk factor analysis of pulmonary cement embolism during percutaneous vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures

Item

NPCE

PCE

t/χ2

p-value

Case number

1748

34

  

Age (years)

71.51±7.11

71.73±7.60

0.1782

0.859

Gender

  

0.0545

0.815

 Male

703

13

  

 Female

1045

21

  

BMD (T-score)

−3.24±0.51

−3.25±0.54

0.1096

0.912

Cement volume (ml)

6.31±0.56

6.56±0.82

2.6401

0.068

Involved vertebrae

  

9.5355

0.008

 One level

936

13

  

 Two levels

569

10

  

 Three levels and more

243

11

  

Fracture location

  

21.00

0.000

 Thoracic (T5–T9)

427

20

  

 Thoracolumbar (T10–L2)

1075

13

  

 Lumbar (L3–L5)

246

1

  

Operation timing

  

16.3292

0.000

 Fracture time ≤ 2 weeks

732

26

  

 Fracture time > 2 weeks

1016

8

  

Operation method

  

15.3862

0.000

 PVP

846

28

  

 PKP

902

6

  
  1. NPCE non-pulmonary cement embolism, BMD bone mineral density, PVP percutaneous vertebroplasty, PKP percutaneous kyphoplasty