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Table 3 Spinal sagittal parameters of thoracolumbar and lumbar spine in DISH and control group

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

Parameter

DISH (n = 51)

Control (n = 102)

P-value for t-test

Lumbar lordosis (°)

   

T10-T11 (°)

43.79 ± 15.30

32.40 ± 14.1

< 0.01

T11-T12 (°)

2.23 ± 3.49

0.78 ± 2.37

< 0.01

T12-L1 (°)

3.50 ± 4.85

1.98 ± 3.06

0.02

L1-L2 (°)

4.23 ± 3.11

3.92 ± 4.04

0.57

L2-L3 (°)

6.57 ± 4.26

6.02 ± 4.30

0.46

L3-L4 (°)

8.61 ± 4.56

7.61 ± 4.09

0.16

L4-L5 (°)

9.38 ± 5.22

8.42 ± 5.62

0.31

L5-S1 (°)

12.18 ± 7.97

11.65 ± 6.89

0.57

  1. Data are shown as the mean ± SD