Table 1 |
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| Demographic and clinical data of the patients | |||
| Variable | TTN (n = 44) | PEEK (n = 42) | p-value |
| Age at surgery (years) | 51.09 ± 8.88 | 57.64 ± 11.10 | 0.030 |
| Gender | 0.768 | ||
| Male | 26 | 28 | |
| Female | 18 | 14 | |
| Smoker | 0.400 | ||
| Yes | 27 | 22 | |
| No | 17 | 20 | |
| Follow-up (months) | 30.568 ± 14.32 | 26.1 ± 9.97 | 0.096 |
| Radiculopathy | 36 | 34 | 0.796 |
| Myelopathy | 8 | 8 | 0.918 |
Cabraja et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2012 13:172 doi:10.1186/1471-2474-13-172
