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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 19.
Published in final edited form as: Spine J. 2011 Apr;11(4):308–315. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2011.02.010

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and comparison between sexes.

Frequencies Males Females Total Comparison (p-values)*
N 89 65 154
LA (mean±SD) 46.2 (10.1) 47.6 (10.5) 46.8 (10.2) 0.4107
ΣB (mean±SD) 2.2 (9.9) 8.6 (10.1) 4.9 (10.4) 0.0001
ΣD (mean±SD) 42.9 (10.0) 37.4 (10.2) 40.6 (10.4) 0.0010
*

Results of t-test for continuous variables. LA – lordosis angle, ΣB -sum of 5 lumbar vertebral bodies wedging, ΣD- sum of 5 lumbar intervertebral discs wedging. Statistically significant differences at p≤0.05 level are highlighted bold.