. 2023 Sep 18;14(3):236–244. doi: 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_40_23

Table 8.

Correlation between paraspinal muscle ratio, preoperative and postoperative sagittal parameters, total cross-sectional area, pre- and post-operative pain scales, Oswestry Disability Index in Group 1 (lumbar disc herniation) and Group 2 (lumbar spinal stenosis) patients

	Muscle percentile	L4.5 Muscle	Postop LL	Postop SVA	Preop Oswestry	Preop LL	Preop SVA	TCSA Total	Preop TK	Preop VAS Leg	Oswestry Change
Muscle percentile
Pearson Correlation	1	0.902**	-0.487**	-0.563**	-0.197	-0.478**	-0.543**	0.028	-0.170	-0.326*	-0.098
Sig. (2-tailed)	40	0.000	0.001	0.000	0.223	0.002	0.000	0.865	0.294	0.40	0.548
n		40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
L4.5 Muscle
Pearson Correlation	0.902**	1	-0.392*	-0.374*	-0.320*	0.483**	-0.506**	-0.30	-0.149	-0.397*	-0.139
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.000	40	0.12	0.18	0.44	0.002	0.001	0.856	0.359	0.11	0.393
n	40		40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
Postop LL
Pearson Correlation	-0.487**	-0.392*	1	0.367*	0.297	0.864**	0.261	-0.291	0.033	0.250	0.323*
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.001	0.12	40	0.020	0.063	0.000	0.104	0.069	0.838	0.119	0.042
n	40	40		40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
Postop SVA
Pearson Correlation	-0.563**	-0.374*	0.367*	1	0.080	0.206	0.615**	-0.095	0.174	0.163	0.000
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.000	0.18	0.020	40	0.623	0.201	0.000	0.560	0.284	0.315	1.000
n	40	40	40		40	40	40	40	40	40	40
Preop Oswestry
Pearson Correlation	-0.197	-0.320*	0.297	0.080	1	0.324*	0.056	-0.039	0.090	0.727**	0.754**
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.223	0.44	0.063	0.623	40	0.041	0.733	0.812	0.579	0.000	0.000
n	40	40	40	40		40	40	40	40	40	40
Preop LL
Pearson Correlation	-0.478**	-0.483**	0.864**	0.206	0.324*	1	0.361*	-0.187	-0.196	0.288	0.378*
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.002	0.002	0.000	0.201	0.041	40	0.022	0.249	0.226	0.071	0.016
n	40	40	40	40	40		40	40	40	40	40
Preop SVA
Pearson Correlation	-0.543**	-0.506**	0.261	0.615**	0.056	0.361*	1	0.097	-0.089	0.319*	0.020
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.000	0.001	0.104	0.000	0.733	0.022	40	0.550	0.587	0.045	0.904
n	40	40	40	40	40	40		40	40	40	40
TCSA Total
Pearson Correlation	0.028	-0.030	-0.291	-0.95	-0.039	-0.187	0.097	1	0.353*	-0.100	-0.046
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.865	0.856	0.069	0.560	0.812	0.249	0.550	40	0.025	0.539	0.776
n	40	40	40	40	40	40	40		40	40	40
Preop TK
Pearson Correlation	-0.170	-0.149	0.033	0.174	0.090	-0.196	-0.089	0.353*	1	-0.036	-0.057
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.294	0.359	0.838	0.284	0.579	0.226	0.587	0.025	40	0.827	0.726
n	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40		40	40
Preop VAS Leg
Pearson Correlation	-0.326*	-0.397*	0.250	0.163	0.727**	0.288	0.319*	-0.100	-0.036	1	0.510**
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.40	0.11	0.119	0.315	0.000	0.071	0.045	0.539	0.827	40	0.001
n	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40		40
Oswestry Change
Pearson Correlation	-0.098	-0.139	0.323*	0.000	0.754**	0.378*	0.020	-0.046	-0.057	0.510**	1
Sig. (2-tailed)	0.548	0.393	0.042	1.000	0.000	0.016	0.904	0.776	0.726	0.001	40
n	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40