Table 3.
Baseline Patients’ Characteristics Means According to Microbiological Profile.
| Variable | Category | Global (n = 23) |
C. acnes (−) (n = 15) |
C. acnes (+) (n = 8) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Female | 52.2% | 60.0% | 37.5% | 0.400 a |
| Male | 47.8% | 40.0% | 62.5% | ||
| BMI | Normal weight | 21.7% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 0.728 b |
| Overweight | 34.8% | 40.0% | 25.0% | ||
| Obesity I | 30.4% | 26.7% | 37.5% | ||
| Obesity II | 13.0% | 13.3% | 12.5% | ||
| Comorbidities | Diabetes | 47.8% | 33.3% | 75.0% | 0.089 a |
| Obesity | 43.5% | 40.0% | 50.0% | 0.667 a | |
| SAH c | 39.1% | 40.0% | 37.5% | 1.000 a | |
| Bad Habits | Smoking | 39.1% | 26.7% | 62.5% | 0.179 a |
| Sedentary Lifestyle | 60.9% | 53.3% | 75.0% | 0.400 a | |
| Preop. Pain | Sciatica | 56.5% | 53.3% | 62.5% | 1.000 a |
| Mechanics | 43.5% | 46.7% | 37.5% | ||
| Preop DN4 d | ≤1 | 26.1% | 26.7% | 25.0% | 0.899 a |
| 2 | 47.8% | 40.0% | 62.5% | ||
| 3 | 21.7% | 26.7% | 12.5% | ||
| ≥4 | 4.3% | 6.7% | 0.0% | ||
| Preop ODI e | Minimal/Moderate | 47.8% | 53.3% | 37.5% | 0.294 b |
| Severe/Crippled | 52.2% | 46.7% | 62.5% | 0.667 a |
a—Fisher’s exact test; b—Mann–Whitney test; c—Systemic arterial hypertension; d—Douleur neuropathique questionnaire; e—Oswestry Disability Index.