Parameter | Prolapse (n = 90; 82.6%) | Osteochondrosis (n = 19; 17.4%) | p-Value | |
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Age (mean years, SD) | 49.0 ± 0 11.7 | 60.2 ± 8.7 | < 0.01a | |
Sex | Female gender (n,%) | 53 (58.9) | 8 (41.2) | 0.21b |
Male gender (n,%) | 37 (41.1) | 11 (57.9) | ||
body weight (kg, SD) | 84.2 ± 14.4 | 78.4 ± 14.6 | 0.11a | |
height (cm, SD) | 174.3 ± 8.1 | 168.3 ± 6.5 | < 0.01a | |
Body mass index (kg/m², SD) | 27.7 ± 4.1 | 27.7 ± 4.9 | 0.99a | |
Smoking habits | ||||
never smoking (n,%) | 45 (41.3) | 9 (8.3) | 0.84c | |
ex-smoker (n,%) | 18 (16.5) | 5 (4.6) | ||
current smoker (n,%) | 27 (24.8) | 5 (4.6) | ||
Spinal leveld (n,%) | L1/L2 | 0 | 1 (5.3) | < 0.01c |
L2/L3 | 3 (3.3) | 0 | ||
L4/L4 | 4 (4.4) | 5 (26.3) | ||
L4/L5 | 45 (50.0) | 12 (63.2) | ||
L5/S1 | 38 (42.4) | 1 (5.3) |