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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of DISH + Pain and DISH - Pain group

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

Variables

DISH + Pain (n = 16)

DISH - Pain (n = 35)

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

Male

8 (50.00%)

22 (62.86%)

0.29

Age

67.50 ± 13.12

67.34 ± 10.16

0.96

Diabetes

6 (37.50%)

6 (17.14%)

0.18

Hypertension

7 (43.75%)

17 (48.57%)

0.52

BMI

25.07 ± 3.92

25.55 ± 3.39

0.66

  1. DISH + Pain: DISH patient with thoracolumbar pain; DISH - Pain: DISH patient without thoracolumbar pain; BMI: Body mass index; Data are shown as the number (percentage) or as the mean ± SD
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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