Spinal epidural lipomatosis – an easily ignored secondary intraspinal disorder in spinal kyphotic deformities

Table 2 Sagittal diameter of the EF and DS in patients with kyphotic deformities and controls

	CK	CK control	P	SK	SK control	P	TK	TK control	P
EF_A	7.1 ± 1.4	4.7 ± 1.7	0.002*	5.4 ± 1.7	4.1 ± 1.2	<0.001*	7.6 ± 2.1	3.3 ± 1.3	<0.001*
DS_A	11.0 ± 2.6	12.4 ± 1.5	0.047*	12.2 ± 2.2	13.4 ± 1.8	0.009*	9.4 ± 2.6	14.0 ± 2.3	0.002*
SC_A	18.1 ± 2.5	17.1 ± 2.3	0.276	17.6 ± 2.0	17.5 ± 1.8	0.704	17.0 ± 2.3	17.3 ± 2.0	0.790
EFR_A	0.40 ± 0.10	0.27 ± 0.07	0.001*	0.31 ± 0.10	0.23 ± 0.07	<0.001*	0.45 ± 0.12	0.19 ± 0.07	<0.001*
EF_N	4.6 ± 1.6	4.6 ± 1.7	0.881	4.2 ± 1.0	3.8 ± 1.1	0.069	4.0 ± 1.6	4.1 ± 1.2	0.862
DS_N	12.3 ± 1.5	12.2 ± 1.4	0.605	13.5 ± 2.1	13.3 ± 2.1	0.752	13.5 ± 1.8	13.6 ± 2.3	0.918
SC_N	16.9 ± 2.4	16.9 ± 2.6	0.651	17.6 ± 2.2	17.1 ± 1.8	0.226	17.5 ± 1.9	17.6 ± 1.9	0.854
EFR_N	0.27 ± 0.07	0.27 ± 0.07	0.809	0.24 ± 0.06	0.22 ± 0.07	0.288	0.23 ± 0.04	0.23 ± 0.08	0.839

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