BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Table 1 Demographic data of the study groups

From: An evaluation of the efficacy of a four-grade fat infiltration classification method, presented for the first time in literature

	Healthy Control group		LDH group		Total
	\(\overline{\mathrm{x} }\)± σ	Median (min–max)	\(\overline{\mathrm{x} }\)± σ	Median (min–max)	\(\overline{\mathrm{x} }\)± σ	Median (min–max)	P
Age (years)	36.58 ± 10.32	36 (21—64)	37.43 ± 9.54	39 (20—51)	37.01 ± 9.89	38 (20—64)	0.205¹
BMI (kg/m²)	25.76 ± 3.08	25.72 (19.25 – 32.79)	26.15 ± 4.66	25.95 (17.71 – 36.2)	25.95 ± 3.94	25.88 (17.71 – 36.2)	0.726¹
Duration of LBP (months)		–-	37.63 ± 45.09	24 (3—240)
VAS resting			2.29 ± 1.22	2 (1—6)
VAS activity			4.22 ± 1.71	4 (2—8)
Gender	n (%)		n (%)
Male	22 (44.0)		23 (45.1)		45 (44.6)		1.000²
Female	28 (56.0)		28 (54.9)		56 (55.4)

¹Mann Whitney U, ² Continuity Correction

Back to article page

ISSN: 1471-2474

Contact us

Submission enquiries: bmcmusculoskeletaldisorders@biomedcentral.com
General enquiries: ORSupport@springernature.com