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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population after propensity score matching

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

 

DISH (+)

DISH (−)

P-value

(n = 26)

(n = 26)

Age (years)

64.2 ± 9.6

62.7 ± 8.8

0.55

Male sex, n (%)

21 (81)

15 (58)

0.07

Body mass index

26.3 ± 4.4

26.6 ± 3.5

0.78

Diabetes, n (%)

11 (42)

12 (46)

0.78

OPLL, n (%)

20 (77)

25 (96.2)

0.10

Spondylosis, n (%)

6 (23)

4 (3.8)

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

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