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Table 2 Risk factors for recurrent lumbar disc herniation after PELD using univariate logistic regression analysis

From: Earlier or heavier spinal loading is more likely to lead to recurrent lumbar disc herniation after percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy

Variable

OR

95%CI

P value

Age

1.115

1.087–1.144

< 0.001

gender

0.504

0.284–0.895

0.019

BMI

1.145

1.059–1.237

0.001

Smoking

0.304

0.176–0.525

< 0.001

Occupational lifting

0.246

0.139–0.436

< 0.001

Duration of low back pain

1.012

0.999–1.026

0.077

Herniated disc type

1.065

0.731–1.552

0.744

Facet joints degeneration

1.424

1.086–1.869

0.011

Operation time

0.968

0.949–0.988

0.002

Time to ambulation

0.739

0.690–0.792

 < 0.001

  1. Bold symbols indicated there was statistically significance
  2. BMI Body mass index, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidential index