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Table 2 Factors associated with the changes of LL, unfused residual lordosis and PT in relation to standing-to-natural sitting postural change

From: Differences in standing and sitting spinopelvic sagittal alignment for patients with posterior lumbar fusion: important considerations for the changes of unfused adjacent segments lordosis

  ΔLL ΔURL ΔLRL ΔPT
Sex −0.012 (0.924) 0.011 (0.930) −0.132 (0.537) − 0.048 (0.708)
Age −0.327 (0.009) − 0.301 (0.017) 0.009 (0.968) − 0.172 (0.176)
Height 0.107 (0.408) 0.041 (0.754) 0.191 (0.371) 0.043 (0.742)
BMI 0.190 (0.139) 0.085 (0.511) 0.037 (0.862) 0.103 (0.423)
Lumbosacral fusion −0.078 (0.542) 0.300 (0.017) – 0.001 (0.994)
Fusion levels −0.393 (0.001) −0.223 (0.079) − 0.235 (0.268) −0.311 (0.013)
FSL −0.272 (0.031) −0.157 (0.220) 0.234 (0.270) −0.156 (0.223)
PI 0.148 (0.247) 0.101 (0.430) −0.120 (0.577) 0.263 (0.038)
  1. All values indicate the correlation coefficient (p value)
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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