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Table 1 Demographics of male and female patients

From: Distribution of ossified spinal lesions in patients with severe ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament and prediction of ossification at each segment based on the cervical OP index classification: a multicenter study (JOSL CT study)

 

Male + Female (n = 322)

Male (n = 242)

Female (n = 80)

P (M vs F)

Age (years old)

64.7 ± 11.2

64.7 ± 11.6

64.6 ± 10.0

0.90

Diabetes Mellitus (%)

31.7%

31.8%

31.3%

0.92

BMI

25.7 ± 4.8

25.8 ± 4.8

25.5 ± 4.7

0.62

JOSL CT classification

 Grade 1 (1 < cervical OP-index≤5)

169 (52.5%)

125 (51.7%)

44 (55%)

–

 Grade 2 (6 < cervical OP-index ≤9)

107 (33.2%)

83 (34.3%)

24 (30%)

–

 Grade 3 (10 < cervical OP-index)

46 (14.3%)

34 (14.0%)

12 (15%)

–

Cervical OP-index

5.83 ± 2.9

5.86 ± 2.9

5.75 ± 3.0

0.78

OP-index

9.21 ± 6.8

8.24 ± 5.5

12.1 ± 9.0

< 0.01

No. of patients with OP-index of > = 20 (%)

27 (8.3%)

11 (4.5%)

16 (20%)

< 0.01

  1. Data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation; BMI body mass index, OP-index ossification index of OPLL