From: Correlation between facet tropism and lumbar degenerative disease: a retrospective analysis
spinal level | lumbar spondylolisthesis | facet tropism | χ2 | p | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
YES | NO | |||||
L3–4 | YES | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0.514 | 0.474 |
NO | 86 | 7 | 79 | |||
L4–5 | YES | 50 | 17 | 33 | 6.125 | 0.013 |
NO | 42 | 5 | 38 | |||
L5-S1 | YES | 36 | 18 | 18 | 15.571 | 0.000 |
NO | 56 | 7 | 49 |