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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients

From: The effects of lumbar fusion and non-fusion surgery on the development of Modic changes

Number of patients

n = 270

Gender

male: 130 female: 140

Age (years)*

62.8 ± 15.7

BMI (kg/m2)*

30.0 ± 5.9

CRP (mg/L)*

7.3 ± 17.6

Leukocyte count (G/L)*

8.5 ± 3.2

Follow-up time (days)*

267.6 ± 427.8

Type of surgery

Microdiscectomy (n = 93, 34.5%)

Microsequestrectomy (n = 60, 22.2%)

Microdecompression (n = 74, 27.4%)

Fusion (TLIF) (n = 43, 15.9%)

  1. *mean ± SD; n: number; BMI: body mass index; CRP: C-reactive protein