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. 2013 Jul 31;23(1):242–247. doi: 10.1007/s00586-013-2929-8

Table 3.

Correlations of the parameters

Age SVA SS PT PI LL TK
AS patients (n = 107)
 Age 0.300* −0.109 0.181 0.051 −0.154 0.420*
 Sagittal vertical axis (SVA) r −0.286* 0.582* 0.248** −0.415* 0.890*
 Sacral slope (SS) r −0.215** 0.617* 0.678* −0.289*
 Pelvic tilt (PT) r 0.633* −0.284* 0.572*
 Pelvic incidence (PI) r 0.292* 0.135
 Lumbar lordosis (LL) r −0.232**
 Thoracic kyphosis (TK) r
Control (n = 40)
 Age −0.248 0.009 0.586** 0.494** 0.301 −0.029
 Sagittal vertical axis (SVA) r −0.358* −0.310* −0.576** −0.411** −0.212
 Sacral slope (SS) r −0.264 0.707** 0.723** 0.665**
 Pelvic tilt (PT) r 0.471** 0.175 0.017
 Pelvic incidence (PI) r 0.804** 0.620**
 Lumbar lordosis (LL) r 0.730**
 Thoracic kyphosis (TK) r

* Significant correlation was established at the 0.01 level

** Significant correlation was established at the 0.05 level