Number of patients
|
29
|
14 (48%)
|
15 (52%)
| |
Female:Male
|
22:7
|
11:3
|
11:4
| |
Age at baseline, mean ± SD, (years)
|
65.2 ± 8.2
|
67.0 ± 8.8
|
63.5 ± 7.5
|
0.253
|
BMI, mean ± SD, (kg/m2)
|
24.7 ± 3.8
|
24.3 ± 5.6
|
24.9 ± 3.2
|
0.790
|
Coronal Cobb angle, median [IQR], (°)
|
19.0 [16.0–25.5]
|
21.0 [16.0–30.0]
|
18.0 [16.0–22.0]
|
0.370
|
Follow-up time, mean ± SD, (years)
|
10.9 ± 1.9
|
10.3 ± 1.5
|
10.5 ± 1.4
|
0.836
|
Apical vertebra, (n)
|
L1
|
2
|
2
|
0
| |
L2
|
12
|
5
|
7
| |
L3
|
12
|
6
|
6
| |
L4
|
3
|
1
|
2
| |
Convex side, (n)
|
Right sided
|
14
|
10
|
4
| |
Left sided
|
15
|
4
|
11
| |
Back pain, n (%)
|
29 (100%)
|
14 (100%)
|
15 (100%)
| |
Radicular leg pain, n (%)
|
24 (83%)
|
11 (79%)
|
13 (87%)
| |
Right
|
11
|
7
|
4
| |
Left
|
5
|
1
|
4
| |
Left and right
|
8
|
3
|
5
| |
Not present
|
5
|
3
|
2
| |
Neurological symptoms†, n (%)
|
4 (14%)
|
1 (7%)
|
3 (20%)
| |
Muscle weakness in the legs, n (%)
|
10 (34%)
|
6 (43%)
|
4 (27%)
| |
Right
|
4
|
2
|
2
| |
Left
|
3
|
2
|
1
| |
Left and right
|
3
|
2
|
1
| |
Not present
|
11
|
7
|
4
| |
Data not available
|
8
|
1
|
7
| |
Numbness in the legs, n (%)
|
3 (10%)
|
2 (14%)
|
1 (7%)
| |
Yes
|
3
|
2
|
1
| |
Not present
|
14
|
10
|
4
| |
Data not available
|
12
|
2
|
10
| |