Table 2 Patient characteristics presented for all patients and the three balance groups (Group 2 = often balance problems, Group 1 = sometimes balance problems, Group 0 = no balance problems)
From: Dynamic balance in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis; a cross-sectional study
Variables | All patients | Group 2 | Group 1 | Group 0 | p-valuea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 62 | N = 19 | N = 29 | N = 14 | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Gender, female/male | 29/33 | (47/53) | 8/11 (42/58) | (42/58) | 15/14 | (52/48) | 6/8 | (43/57) | .764 |
Mean (SD) | Min-Max | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p-valueb | ||||
Age, y | 71.2 (7.1) | 56-83 | 71.1 (7.5) | 72.4 (7.2) | 70.6 (6.7) | .909 | |||
BMI , kg/m2 | 28.5 (4.9) | 19-42 | 30.2 (5.6) | 28.7 (4.4) | 25.9 (4.6) | .036 | |||
SYMP, 1-5 | 3.2 (0.7) | 1.3-4.6 | 3.6 (0.4) | 3.3 (0.6) | 2.5 (0.6) | <.001 | |||
SYMP_6, 1-5 | 3.2 (0.7) | 1.3-4.8 | 3.4(0.5) | 3.2 (0.7) | 2.8 (0.7) | .034 | |||
FUNC,1-4 | 2.3 (0.6) | 1.0-3.4 | 2.4 (0.5) | 2.4 (0.6) | 1.9 (0.7) | .028 | |||
ODI, 0-100 | 31.0 (13.4) | 0-60 | 30.1 (9.1) | 32.1 (14.6) | 23.1 (14.8) | .034 | |||
Lumbar pain, 0-10 | 5.2 (2.8) | 0-10 | 5.2 (2.8) | 6.2 (2.7) | 3.3 (2.3) | .004 | |||
Lower limb pain, 0-10 | 5.9 (2.6) | 0-10 | 6.1 (2.3) | 6.4 (2.4) | 4.6 (3.1) | .119 | |||
EQ5D, 0-1 | 0.6 (0.23) | 0.02-1 | 0.6 (02) | 0.5 (0.2) | 0.7 (0.2) | .212 | |||
HSCL 25,1-4 | 1.4 (0.3) | 1-2.2 | 1.5 (0.3) | 1.4 (0.3) | 1.3 (0.2) | .124 | |||