Correlation between inflammatory cytokine expression in paraspinal tissues and severity of disc degeneration in individuals with lumbar disc herniation

Table 2 Demographic data of included patients

Characteristic	Value
Number of patients	60
Sex (male : female)	37 (61.7%) : 23 (38.3%)
Age (years)	43.05 ± 10.88
BMI (kg/m ² )	27.67 ± 3.56
VAS LBP	7.82 ± 1.81
VAS leg pain	7.42 ± 1.89
ODI	26.64 ± 9.90
Duration of pain (weeks)	33.41 ± 7.33
Side of leg pain
Left side	36 (60.0%)
Right side	24 (40.0%)
Pfirrmann grade of disc degeneration
Non-degeneration	24 (40.0%)
Degeneration (≥ 3)	36 (60.0%)
Fatty infiltration
Low	29 (48.3%)
High	31 (51.7%)

BMI - body mass index, VAS - visual analogue scale, LBP - low back pain, ODI – Oswestry disability index; Continuous and dichotomous data are presented as mean ± standard deviation and number (rate)

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