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Table 1 Demographic data of patients in the Group 1 and Group 2 treatment groups

From: Early surgery with antibiotics treatment had better clinical outcomes than antibiotics treatment alone in patients with pyogenic spondylodiscitis: a retrospective cohort study

 

Group 1: Antibiotics only (n = 47)

Group 2: Early surgery with antibiotics (n = 43)

Gender, n (%)

 Male

33 (70.2%)

28 (65.1%)

 Female

14 (29.8%)

15 (34.9%)

Age (in years)

 Mean (SD)

62.5 (15.2)

58.9 (15.1)

 Range

30–85

16–82

Underlying comorbidity, n (%)

 DM

11 (23.4%)

16 (37.2%)

 ESRD

1 (2.1%)

4 (9.3%)

 Liver cirrhosis

5 (10.6%)

5 (11.6%)

 RA

0 (0.0%)

1 (2.3%)

 Drug addiction

3 (6.4%)

3 (7.0%)

Pre-treatment kyphosis anglea

 Mean (SD)

+11.2 (8.4970)

+10.986 (8.0919)

 Range

1.2–35.3

0.6–32

  1. SD standard deviation, DM diabetes mellitus, ESRD end-stage renal disease, RA rheumatoid arthritis
  2. aKyphosis angle: unit in degrees; positive value = kyphosis, negative value = lordosis