TABLE 5.

Propensity-matched comparison of clinicodemographic characteristics between male and female cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients

Predictor	T-Statistic*	p Value†
Age	−0.44	0.66
BMI	−1.02	0.31
Smoking	0.00	>0.99
Diabetes	0.18	0.85
CAD	−0.56	0.58
Anxiety	0.31	0.76
Depression	−0.59	0.56
Radicular pain	1.01	0.31
Axial pain	0.082	0.93
Motor	0.29	0.77
Sensory	0.47	0.64
Motor deficit	0.24	0.81
Ambulatory	0.00	>0.99
ASA	0.59	0.56
Insurance	0.30	0.77
Ethnicity	0.28	0.78
Education	−0.092	0.93
Employment	0.44	0.66

^*Positive values indicate greater values for males.

^†No predictor in the propensity-matched univariate comparison between genders met p < 0.20 (rank-sum test).