Relationship between facet tropism and facet joint degeneration in the sub-axial cervical spine

Table 5 Demographic and anatomical factors and univariate analysis for facet degeneration

	Sub-axial cervical facet joints
	Normal	Degenerated	P
Gender			0.015
Male	484	86
Female	339	91
Age			0.000
< 50	581	79
≥ 50	242	98
Level			0.000
C2-C3	150	50
C3-C4	163	37
C4-C5	162	38
C5-C6	162	38
C6-C7	186	14
T-angle	58.09 ± 6.60	55.40 ± 7.43	0.000
S-angle	86.26 ± 10.04	84.60 ± 10.38	0.047
C-angle	34.27 ± 7.10	37.44 ± 7.56	0.000
Tropism-T			0.000
Symmetric	664	117
Moderate	132	38
Severe	27	22
Tropism-S			0.000
Symmetric	635	112
Moderate	159	38
Severe	29	27
Tropism-C			0.000
Symmetric	636	111
Moderate	152	43
Severe	35	23

ISSN: 1471-2474