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Table 1 Comparison of the clinical characteristics

From: Predictors of adverse events after percutaneous pedicle screws fixation in patients with single-segment thoracolumbar burst fractures

Variable

Total

AE group

Non-AE group

p

Number of patients

150

53

97

 

Age (years)

45.59 ± 11.80

46.89 ± 10.40

44.88 ± 12.44

0.322

Sex (%)

   

0.802

 Female

70 (46.67)

24 (45.28)

46 (47.42)

 

 Male

80 (53.33)

29 (54.72)

51 (52.58)

 

BMI (kg/ m2)

24.44 ± 2.34

24.17 ± 1.71

24.59 ± 2.60

0.239

Hypertension (%)

26 (17.33)

10 (18.87)

16 (16.50)

0.714

Diabetes (%)

44 (29.33)

18 (33.96)

26 (26.80)

0.357

Smoking (%)

28 (18.67)

13 (24.53)

15 (15.46)

0.173

VAS

5.98 ± 1.21

5.98 ± 1.19

5.98 ± 1.22

0.993

Osteoporosis (%)

31 (20.67)

16 (30.19)

15 (15.46)

0.033

Cause of injury (%)

   

0.797

 Traffic accidents

85 (56.67)

32 (60.38)

53 (54.64)

 

 Falls from a height

44 (29.33)

13 (24.53)

31 (31.96)

 

 Same level falls

14 (9.33)

5 (9.43)

9 (9.28)

 

 Sport

7 (4.67)

3 (5.66)

4 (4.12)

 

Injury level (%)

   

0.772

 T11

19 (12.67)

6 (11.32)

12 (12.37)

 

 T12

63 (42.00)

22 (41.51)

39 (40.21)

 

 L1

45 (30.00)

20 (37.74)

30 (30.93)

 

 L2

23 (15.33)

5 (9.43)

16 (16.49)

 
  1. BMI body mass index, VAS Visual analogue scores