BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Table 2 Spearman’s correlations among different parameters in male and female participants

From: Adult spinal deformity and its relationship with height loss: a 34-year longitudinal cohort study

Variables	Male		Female
Variables	Correlation coefficient	P value¹	Correlation coefficient	P value¹
Weight	0.438	0.012	0.187	0.427
BMI	0.302	0.093	0.136	0.567
TK	−0.058	0.752	−0.244	0.300
LL	0.438	0.014	0.530	0.016
PT	0.374	0.035	0.540	0.014
PI	0.165	0.366	0.06	0.801
PI-LL	0.460	0.008	0.553	0.012
SS	−0.432	0.014	−0.635	0.003
SVA	0.535	0.002	0.527	0.017

¹P value < 0.05 was considered significant
Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, TK thoracic kyphosis, LL lumbar lordosis, PT pelvic tilt, PI pelvic incidence SS sacral slope, SVA sagittal vertical axis

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