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. 2022 May 23;14(2):380–389. doi: 10.1177/21925682221105005

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Figure 2. — Assessment of factors influencing T-score in the entire cohort (n=389) and comparison of demographic and bone parameters between types of primary lumbar spine surgery (n=250). (A) Comparison of BMD T-scores between females and males (whole cohort). (B) Associations between age and T-score. (C) Associations between BMI and T-score. (D) Comparison of age, (E) sex distribution, and (F) BMI between discectomy (Disc), decompression (Deco) and fusion. (G) Comparison of DXA-T scores (lowest value of the measuring sites), (H) vitamin D, and (I) PTH levels. The dashed lines of the truncated violin plots represent the median and quartiles. P-values are given above the diagrams.