Skip to main content

Table 3 Comparison between the loosening group and non-loosening group

From: Risk factors for screw loosening in patients with adult degenerative scoliosis: the importance of paraspinal muscle degeneration

Parameters

Loosening

Non-loosening

P value

Gender (M/F)

16/43

5/29

0.168

Age (year)

64.0 ± 6.1

62.7 ± 5.2

0.276

BMI (kg/m2)

25.5 ± 4.2

26.4 ± 4.2

0.354

Lumbar T value

− 0.8 ± 1.5

− 1.1 ± 1.6

0.434

Cobb angle (°)

27.2 ± 9.2

23.6 ± 9.9

0.078

Number of fused segments

5.7 ± 1.4

5.2 ± 1.2

0.075

Operation time (min)

277.4 ± 66.6

258.4 ± 51.4

0.154

Blood loss (ml)

1142.5 ± 551.8

1180.9 ± 822.2

0.431

Hospital stay (day)

13.1 ± 8.1

11.7 ± 4.1

0.782

Lumbosacral fixation (YES/NO)

37/22

19/15

0.517

Proximal segments (T/TL/L)

10/42/7

4/23/7

0.469

Sagittal parameters

 SVA (mm)

59.4 ± 43.4

49.3 ± 28.5

0.180

 PI (°)

47.3 ± 10.0

49.6 ± 11.3

0.308

 PT (°)

23.5 ± 10.3

23.9 ± 10.5

0.861

 SS (°)

23.8 ± 8.9

25.7 ± 10.8

0.351

 LL (°)

24.9 ± 14.8

26.7 ± 17.4

0.604

 TK (°)

21.6 ± 13.1

20.0 ± 10.9

0.535

 PI-LL (°)

22.4 ± 16.4

22.9 ± 15.6

0.876

  1. BMI body mass index, SVA sagittal vertical axis, PI pelvic incidence, PT pelvic tilt, SS sacral slope, LL lumbar lordosis, TK thoracic kyphosis, PI-LL PI minus LL