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Table 3 Spinal sagittal alignment according to whether or not DISH was present

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 = 26)

(n = 26)

C2-7 angle (°)

7.2 ± 11.1

4.6 ± 10.7

0.28

C7 slope (°)

28.6 ± 11.7

19.9 ± 8.9

0.004

C-SVA, mm

28.6 ± 12.2

20.4 ± 10.8

0.009

w-TK (°)

42.7 ± 9.5

31.9 ± 8.5

< 0.001

u-TK (°) at T1-T5

14.1 ± 7.0

9.8 ± 5.9

0.03

TK (°) at T5-T12

28.6 ± 7.8

22.2 ± 8.6

0.01

SVA, mm

23.5 ± 37.0

26.1 ± 30.8

0.49

SS (°)

31.0 ± 6.4

32.0 ± 8.0

0.49

PT (°)

14.2 ± 7.2

13.8 ± 7.9

0.83

PI (°)

45.1 ± 7.5

45.7 ± 7.9

0.6

LL (°)

44.2 ± 10.7

40.7 ± 12.4

0.31

PI-LL (°)

12.1 ± 7.3

11.8 ± 7.4

0.2

  1. Data are shown as the mean ± standard deviation. Bold indicates statistical significance at P < 0.05. DISH diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, LL lumbar lordosis, PI pelvic incidence, PT pelvic tilt, SS sacral slope, SVA sagittal vertical axis, TK thoracic kyphosis at Th5-12, u-TK thoracic kyphosis at Th1-5, w-TK thoracic kyphosis at Th1-12
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