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Table 5.

Correlation coefficients of FCSA, FMCSA, TMCSA, FI ratio and age, BMI and Cobb angle

	Groups	Age	BMI	Cobb angle
FCSA (mm²)	Cervical spondylosis group	0.092 (0.463)	0.124 (0.321)	0.336 (0.006) ^*
	HV group	0.134 (0.497)	-0.171 (0.385)	0.304 (0.116)
FMCSA (mm²)	Cervical spondylosis group	-0.165 (0.185)	0.103 (0.409)	0.208 (0.094)
	HV group	-0.400 (0.035) ^*	-0.009 (0.962)	0.187 (0.342)
TMCSA (mm²)	Cervical spondylosis group	-0.045 (0.720)	0.138 (0.268)	0.319 (0.009) ^*
	HV group	-0.309 (0.110)	-0.073 (0.712)	0.285 (0.141)
FI ratio (%)	Cervical spondylosis group	0.261(0.034) ^*	-0.064 (0.609)	-0.285 (0.020) ^*
	HV group	0.423 (0.025) ^*	-0.191 (0.331)	0.211 (0.280)

*P < 0.05