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. 2023 Sep 18;69(9):e20230459. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.20230459

Table 2. Comparison of various parameters according to the presence of radiculopathy.

With radiculopathy Without radiculopathy p-value
Number % Number %
Age, Mean±SD 46.6±12.1 41.2±12.8 0.056*
Sexa Female 26 76.5 8 23.5 <0.001 **
Male 16 35.6 29 64.4
BMI, Mean±SD 28.7±4.5 28.6±6.2 0.950*
Pain duration (months), Mean±SD 16.3±23.3 19.5±24.1 0.544*
Night pain Yes 28 66.7 34 91.9 0.006 **
No 14 33.3 3 8.1
Family history of low back pain Yes 10 23.8 8 21.6 0.817**
No 32 76.2 29 78.4
VAS, Mean±SD 6.7±0.9 5.9±1.2 0.002 *
PSQIb Good sleep 23 54.8 25 67,6 0.245**
Poor sleep 19 45.2 12 32,4
LEFS, Mean±SD 32.2±11.8 38.2±18.2 0.092*
Affected disk herniations levels numberb 1 level 27 64.3 14 37.8 0.023 **
2 levels 13 31.0 15 40.5
3 levels 2 4.8 8 21.6
*

Student's t-test

**

Chi-square tests were applied.

a

Row percentage

b

Column percentage. SD: Standard deviation; BMI: body mass ındex; VAS: Visual Analog Scale; PSQI: Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index; LEFS: Low Extremity Functional Scale. Statistically significant p-values are indicated in bold.