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Table 3 Summary of the patient radiological analysis of anterior and posterior vertebral heights

From: Overloaded vertebral body: a unique radiographic phenomenon following multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

 

Non-OVB

OVB

p value

AH

Po-1w

1.59 ± 0.24

1.38 ± 0.18

0.000a

Po-3 m

1.57 ± 0.25

1.24 ± 0.21#

0.000a

Po-6 m

1.58 ± 0.22

1.13 ± 0.22#

0.000a

Po-12 m

1.57 ± 0.26

1.15 ± 0.23#

0.000a

FFU

1.56 ± 0.21

1.13 ± 0.27#

0.000a

PH

Po-1w

1.63 ± 0.20

1.47 ± 0.19

0.000a

Po-3 m

1.62 ± 0.18

1.51 ± 0.21

0.000a

Po-6 m

1.70 ± 0.23#

1.55 ± 0.21#

0.000a

Po-12 m

1.68 ± 0.19#

1.58 ± 0.26#

0.000a

FFU

1.70 ± 0.19#

1.54 ± 0.26#

0.000a

  1. Bold values indicate statistically different
  2. OVB Overloaded vertebral body, AH Anterior vertebral height, PH Posterior vertebral height
  3. aindependent-samples T Test for the Non-OVB group and OVB group
  4. #Significance on parameters between Po-1w (p < 0.01)