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Table 2 Patient characteristics according to sex and genotype

From: Subjective health complaints in patients with lumbar radicular pain and disc herniation are associated with a sex - OPRM1 A118G polymorphism interaction: a prospective 1-year observational study

 

OPRM1 AA genotype

OPRM1*G genotype

 

Men

Women

Men

Women

N

36

59

14

9

Age

42.9 (10.3)

39.6 (9.5)

42.4 (10.8)

43.2 (8.9)

SHC baseline

14.67 (9.63)

13.29 (8.55)

10.10 (9.38)

16.22 (8.67)

SHC 1 year

13.61 (12.50)

12.73 (10.02)

6.97 (6.01)

18.88 (12.23)

Pain baseline

6.07 (2.68)

5.66 (2.66)

5.68 (3.14)

5.17 (2.50)

Pain 1 year

3.84 (3.12)

3.12 (2.90)

1.53 (2.65)

5.41 (2.32)

Duration (weeks)

22.6 (18.9)

33.3 (30.9)

17.5 (14.5)

40.7 (37.8)

Smoker

50%

27%

36%

44%

Surgery

44%

37%

36%

33%

  1. Values presented as means with standard deviation (SD).