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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Sep 1;31(19):2263–2269. doi: 10.1097/01.brs.0000232708.66608.ac

Table 2.

Univariate Analysis of Treatment Preferences and Willingness to be Randomized Rates by Diagnosis and Racial Group

Outcome Racial group
 Diagnosis
  Preference Group White Black Other p-value
Willingness to be Randomized (% Yes)
 Overall 42.9% 45.1% 47.7% 0.50
 IDH 39.3% 49.3% 42.3% 0.23
 SpS/DS 46.6% 42.3% 54.2% 0.33
Treatment Preference (% Yes)
 Overall
  Non-operative 34.7% 45.1% 33.8% 0.008
  Unsure 18.7% 22.0% 22.3%
  Surgical 46.6% 33.0% 43.8%
 IDH
  Non-operative 32.6% 46.5% 31.0% 0.080
  Unsure 16.4% 18.3% 21.1%
  Surgical 51.0% 35.2% 47.9%
 SpS/DS
  Non-operative 36.8% 44.1% 37.3% 0.30
  Unsure 21.1% 24.3% 23.7%
  Surgical 42.1% 31.5% 39.0%