Table 7.

Correlation between total paraspinal muscle ratio, postoperative sagittal vertical axis, and Visual Analog Scale for leg in Group 2 (lumbar spinal stenosis) patients

Correlations
	Muscle percentile	Postoperative SVA	VAS leg change
Muscle percentile
Pearson’s correlation	1	−0.460*	−0.494*
Significant (two-tailed)		0.041	0.027
n	20	20	20
Postoperative SVA
Pearson’s correlation	−0.460*	1	0.127
Significant (two-tailed)	0.041		0.592
n	20	20	20
VAS leg change
Pearson’s correlation	−0.494*	0.127	1
Significant (two-tailed)	0.027	0.592
n	20	20	20

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed). SVA - Sagittal vertical axis; VAS - Visual Analog Scale