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. 2013 Mar 19;22(7):1594–1602. doi: 10.1007/s00586-013-2741-5

Table 4.

Axial symptom severity (NDI scores) in each group

Axial symptoms Group LP (n = 36) Group LC (n = 30) Group LCS (n = 32) Statistic value P value
NDI scoresa 9.92 (0–28) 14.07 (1–37) 4.97 (0–17) 18.04 <0.001
NDI ranking systemb
 No disability 12 (33.3 %) 7 (23.3 %) 20 (62.5 %) 15.99 <0.001
 Mild disability 16 9 10
 Moderate disability 7 10 2
 Severe disability 1 3 0
 Complete disability 0 1 0

aKruskal–Wallis nonparametric ANOVA

bCochran-Mantel–Haenszel statistics (based on rank scores)