| Union | Delayed union | P-value |
---|---|---|---|
Number of OVFs | 68 (80) | 17 (20) | Â |
Age | 80.5 (±7.3) | 78.8 (± 6.9) | 0.394 |
Gender (male/female) | 15/53 | 3/14 | 0.690 |
Spinal level | 0.133 | ||
 Thoracic spine | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) |  |
 Thoracolumbar spine | 41 (74.5) | 14 (25.5) |  |
 Lumbar spine | 25 (92.6) | 2 (7.4) |  |
T1-WI | 0.693 | ||
 Diffuse low | 62 (79.5) | 16 (20.5) |  |
 Focal low | 6 (85.7) | 1 (14.3) |  |
T2-WI | <0.001 | ||
 Focal high | 7 (43.8) | 9 (56.3) | <0.001 |
 Focal low | 24 (88.9) | 3 (11.1) |  |
 Diffuse high | 14 (100) | 0 (0) |  |
 Diffuse low | 23 (82.1) | 5 (17.9) | 0.729 |
PW injury | 0.003 | ||
 Intact | 43 (63.2) | 25 (36.8) |  |
 Injured | 4 (75.6) | 13 (24.4) |  |
Endplate injury | 0.329 | ||
 Intact | 37 (84.1) | 7 (15.9) |  |
 Injured | 31 (75.6) | 10 (24.4) |  |
IVD injury | 0.121 | ||
 Intact | 30 (82.2) | 4 (11.8) |  |
 Injured | 38 (74.5) | 13 (25.5) |  |