Correlation Between Parameters of Intervertebral Disc and Cervical Lordosis in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

17 August 2020 : Clinical Research

Zhuxi Huang^12BCDE, Yue Zhu^1AG, Wei Yuan^1ACE*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.924857

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e924857

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Table 2 Correlations of the age, cervical disc height and angle with cervical lordosis in 2 groups.

	Group 1, CL ≤10° (n=102)		Group 2, CL >10° (n=110)
	CL (r)	P	CL (r)	P
Age	0.03	0.79	0.17	0.09
C2/3H	0.14	0.15	0.06	0.51
C3/4H	0.25	0.01^*	0.18	0.06
C4/5H	0.21	0.04^*	0.20	0.04^*
C5/6H	0.001	0.99	0.07	0.49
C6/7H	0.18	0.08	0.03	0.78
C2/3A	0.15	0.15	0.17	0.07
C3/4A	0.31	<0.01^**	0.36	<0.01^**
C4/5A	0.39	<0.01^**	0.37	<0.01^**
C5/6A	0.23	0.02^*	0.17	0.08
C6/7A	0.22	0.03^*	0.21	0.03^*
CL – cervical lordosis; H – height; A – angle; r – correlation coefficient. ^* ^**

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