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Table 2 Baseline characteristics before propensity score matching

From: Percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal vs. interlaminar discectomy for L5–S1 lumbar disc herniation: a retrospective propensity score matching study

Demographics

PEID group

(n = 63)

PETD group (n = 57)

SMD

P value

Age (years)

41.76 ± 11.00

44.84 ± 10.47

0.285

0.120

BMI (kg/m2)

24.84 ± 3.10

24.81 ± 3.03

0.010

0.959

Gender, n (%)

  

0.007

0.970

Male

40 (63.49)

36 (63.16)

  

Female

23 (36.51)

21 (36.84)

  

Medical history, n (%)

    

Hypertension

32 (50.79)

30 (52.63)

0.037

0.841

Diabetes

27 (42.86)

25 (43.86)

0.020

0.912

Pathological classification, n (%)

  

0.038

0.823

Central

9 (14.29)

6 (10.53)

  

Paracentral

31 (49.21)

29 (50.88)

  

Prolapsus

23 (36.51)

22 (38.60)

  

Disease duration (months)

23.22 ± 5.00

26.12 ± 5.35

0.542

0.003

Smoking, n (%)

29 (46.03)

26 (45.61)

0.008

0.963

Follow-up time

25.57 ± 1.50

25.93 ± 1.51

0.239

0.212

  1. Bolding is to indicate SMD > 0.2 or P ≤ 0.05, which means that the corresponding confounders are not balanced between the two groups