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Table 1 Univariate analysis for demographic and preoperative data between the favorable and unfavorable outcome groups in 1-year postoperative according to the PRO score and MCID method

From: Definitions of unfavorable surgical outcomes and their risk factors based on disability score after spine surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis

Characteristics

PRO score method (patients)

 

MCID method (patients)

Favorable Outcome (84)

Unfavorable Outcome (147)

P value

Favorable Outcome (128)

Unfavorable Outcome (103)

P value

Age (years)

65.2 ± 9.1

67.9 ± 9.0

0.026

66.63 ± 9.18

67.32 ± 9.11

0.566

BMI (kg/m2)

25.84 ± 4.16

25.36 ± 3.38

0.343

25.73 ± 4.03

25.30 ± 3.20

0.375

Sex (Male: Female)

38:46

33:114

<  0.001

38:90

33:70

0.404

Type of surgery

 Fusion

48

88

0.395

79

57

0.199

 Decompression

36

59

49

46

Level of Surgery

 1

72

121

0.216

107

86

0.470

 2

12

23

20

15

 3

0

3

1

2

Educational level

 Elementary school

9

45

0.005

27

27

0.190

 Middle school

22

38

38

22

 High school

27

33

35

25

 University

25

29

28

26

 Unknown

1

2

0

3

Comorbidity

 Hypertension

47

99

0.091

82

64

0.785

 Diabetes

25

39

0.648

37

27

0.661

 Ischemic heart disease

2

8

0.334

5

5

0.755

 Kidney

1

6

0.427

4

3

1.000

 Stroke

3

6

1.016

4

5

0.517

 Liver disease

0

1

1.000

0

1

0.446

Smoking history

 Current smoker

7

9

0.322

9

7

0.885

 Ex-smoker

14

16

16

14

 No smoking

63

119

102

80

 Unknown

0

3

1

2

Preoperative VAS for back pain

5.48 ± 2.82

6.39 ± 2.49

0.012

6.52 ± 2.63

5.49 ± 2.57

0.003

Preoperative VAS for leg pain

6.79 ± 2.40

7.19 ± 2.27

0.196

7.34 ± 2.32

6.68 ± 2.29

0.031

Preoperative ODI

41.38 ± 15.44

48.28 ± 17.05

0.002

53.05 ± 16.47

36.74 ± 12.20

< 0.001

  1. Mean ± standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; level of surgery, how many segments the surgery involved; PRO score method divided the patients into favorable and unfavorable outcome groups by ODI scores ≤22 and ODI scores > 22, respectively; MCID method divided the patients into more and less-improved outcome groups based on a decrease in ODI scores by greater than 12.8 or less; VAS Visual analog scale (0–10); ODI (%) Oswestry disability index (0–100)