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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of DISH and control group

From: Is spinal sagittal alignment of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis relevant to thoracolumbar pain? A controlled study

Variables

DISH (n = 51)

Control (n = 102)

P-value for t-test or chi-square test

Male

30 (58.82%)

43 (42.15%)

0.05

Age

67.39 ± 11.04

65.38 ± 9.84

0.25

Diabetes

12 (23.53%)

14 (13.73%)

0.13

Hypertension

24 (47.06%)

35 (34.31%)

0.13

BMI

25.40 ± 3.53

23.47 ± 3.093

< 0.01

  1. BMI: Body mass index; Data are shown as the number (percentage) or as the mean ± SD