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Table 4 Summary of the patient radiological analysis of the upper and lower anterior–posterior vertebral diameters

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

 

Non-OVB

OVB

p value

UD

Po-1w

2.06 ± 0.26

2.02 ± 0.23

0.250a

Po-3 m

2.04 ± 0.22

2.03 ± 0.20

0.565a

Po-6 m

2.08 ± 0.23

2.05 ± 0.27

0.451a

Po-12 m

2.12 ± 0.22#

2.13 ± 0.25#

0.778a

FFU

2.11 ± 0.24

2.08 ± 0.27

0.376a

LD

Po-1w

2.12 ± 0.20

2.18 ± 0.24

0.075a

Po-3 m

2.13 ± 0.23

2.17 ± 0.26

0.230a

Po-6 m

2.15 ± 0.22

2.18 ± 0.26

0.364a

Po-12 m

2.15 ± 0.21

2.21 ± 0.25

0.074a

FFU

2.12 ± 0.23

2.21 ± 0.29

0.011a

  1. Bold values indicate statistically different
  2. OVB Overloaded vertebral body, UD Upper anterior–posterior vertebral diameter, LD Lower anterior–posterior vertebral diameter
  3. aindependent-samples T Test for the Non-OVB group and OVB group
  4. #Significance on parameters between Po-1w (p < 0.01)