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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population before propensity score matching

From: Association between diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and thoracic kyphosis in patients with cervical myelopathy: a retrospective observational study

 

DISH (+) group

DISH (−) group

P-value

(n = 28)

(n = 75)

Age (years)

64.5 ± 9.6

62.5 ± 10.5

0.44

Male sex, n (%)

23 (82.1)

49 (65.3)

0.10

Body mass index

26.8 ± 5.2

25.4 ± 3.5

0.27

Diabetes, n (%)

13 (46.4)

22 (29.3)

0.13

OPLL, n (%)

22 (78.5)**

37 (49.3)

0.008

Spondylosis, n (%)

6 (21.5)

38 (50.7)

  1. Data are shown as the mean ± standard deviation or as the number (percentage). **P < 0.01. DISH diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, OPLL ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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