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Table 4 Lumbar vertebral canal measurements in control and degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS) groups

From: A morphological characterization of the lumbar neural arch in females and males with degenerative spondylolisthesis

Measurements

Gender

L1

Means in mm

(SD)

L2

Means in mm

(SD)

L3

Means in mm

(SD)

L4

Means in mm

(SD)

L5

Means in mm

(SD)

Control

DS

Control

DS

Control

DS

Control

DS

Control

DS

Canal Length

M

16.42

(2.91)

16.98

(3.17)

14.81

(2.44)

16.24

(4.06)

13.49

(1.61)

*15.17

(3.02)

13.62

(1.75)

14.89

(3.31)

14.39

(2.22)

17.26

(6.79)

F

16.33

(1.80)

17.14

(3.14)

15.14

(1.64)

16.27

(2.79)

14.50

(1.50)

**15.84

(2.38)

14.21

(2.12)

*15.46

(2.36)

14.84

(3.09)

15.79

(3.14)

Canal Width

M

22.68

(2.67)

22.63

(2.70)

22.59

(2.35)

23.01

(2.79)

22.47

(2.73)

23.03

(2.86)

22.59

(2.66)

23.89

(3.43)

25.23

(3.69)

25.24

(3.37)

F

20.89

(1.61)

22.15*

(2.01)

21.65

(2.28)

22.50

(2.10)

21.97

(2.49)

22.44

(3.47)

22.29

(3.52)

23.30

(2.59)

23.80

(3.45)

*26.31

(4.32)

Vertebral foramen height

M

16.66

(2.05)

14.15*

(2.41)

17.10

(2.72)

*14.83

(2.64)

17.07

(2.73)

*15.08

(2.26)

15.78

(3.20)

11.84

(2.39)

13.64

(3.00)

*10.99

(3.41)

F

15.14

(1.80)

*13.29

(2.83)

16.71

(2.23)

*13.61

(3.11)

16.49

(2.38)

*13.24

(2.34)

15.30

(2.06)

11.46

(2.66)

13.50

(2.23)

*10.97

(2.34)

  1. (M) = Male, (F) = Female, (*) = significant between the two groups (control /study) respectively with gender (p < 0.05); Bold = significant between males and females (p < 0.05)