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Table 2 Univariate analysis comparing radiographic variables between patients with and without adjacent segment disease

From: Estimation of the ideal correction of lumbar lordosis to prevent reoperation for symptomatic adjacent segment disease after lumbar fusion in older people

Characteristic

ASDis (n = 62)

N-ASD (n = 62)

χ2/t

p

LL (°)

 Preoperative

37.94 ± 13.11

44.00 ± 8.74

−3.02

0.003

 Postoperative

38.14 ± 13.81

44.98 ± 9.41

−3.23

0.002

SS (°)

 Preoperative

36.37 ± 10.35

34.18 ± 7.99

1.32

0.189

 Postoperative

33.41 ± 10.13

31.81 ± 9.10

0.923

0.358

PT (°)

 Preoperative

18.15 ± 11.64

17.19 ± 10.37

0.485

0.629

 Postoperative

21.12 ± 10.32

19.46 ± 9.26

0.941

0.348

 PI (°)

54.52 ± 10.45

51.37 ± 12.06

1.56

0.122

PI-LL (°)

 Preoperative

16.58 ± 13.22

7.37 ± 11.06

4.21

< 0.001

 Postoperative

16.38 ± 13.10

6.28 ± 14.19

4.12

< 0.001

LL (°)

12.18 ± 6.79

7.74 ± 5.06

4.13

< 0.001

Preexisting spinal stenosis at adjacent segment

 Yes

32 (51.6%)

24 (38.7%)

2.08

0.149

 No

30 (48.4%)

38 (61.3%)

  

Preexisting disc degeneration at adjacent segment

 Yes

24 (38.7%)

16 (25.8%)

2.36

0.124

 No

38 (61.3%)

46 (74.2%)

  
  1. LL = |Postoperative LL - Preoperative LL|