TABLE 3.
Patient characteristics: correlation with lateral sCSF leaks and change over time (in advancing quarters)
| Correlation with lateral sCSF leaks | Change over time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Correlation | P value | P value |
| Age | 0.235 | 0.169 | 0.075 |
| Black | 0.335 | 0.046 | 0.130 |
| White | −0.204 | 0.233 | 0.145 |
| Asian | −0.227 | 0.182 | 0.410 |
| Male | −0.145 | 0.401 | 0.416 |
| OSA | 0.285 | 0.092 | 0.441 |
| Obesity | 0.579 | <0.001 | 0.001 |
| HTN | 0.153 | 0.372 | 0.882 |
| DM | 0.117 | 0.491 | 0.702 |
DM indicates diabetes mellitus, HTN, hypertension; OSA, obstructive sleep apnea; sCSF, spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid.