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. 2009 Mar 1;3(1):17–25. doi: 10.1016/SASJ-2008-0019-RR

Table 1.

Demographic Information

Demographics Arthroplasty Fusion

Prior Surgery Discectomy No Prior Surgery Prior Surgery Discectomy No Prior Surgery
Number of Subjects 37 21 53 12 6 31

Gender
Female 14 (38%) 9 (43%) 29 (55%) 6 (50%) 3 (50%) 13 (42%)
Male 23 (62%) 12 (57%) 24 (45%) 6 (50%) 3 (50%) 18 (58%)

Age (Years)
Mean (Std) 38.4 (8.48) 40.1 (8.64) 41.0 (8.57) 35.3 (5.89) 37.8 (5.56) 40.2 (9.28)
Median 40 43 41 36 38.5 42
Min, Max 19, 55 20, 55 21, 60 25, 43 28, 43 25, 55

Height (cm)
Mean (Std) 175.4 (8.72) 174.5 (9.09) 172.5 (9.86) 172.5 (9.71) 173.1 (10.46) 173.8 (8.77)
Median 175.3 175.3 172.7 174 174 172.7
Min, Max 157, 193 157, 191 150, 191 155, 185 155, 185 157, 191

Weight (kg)
Mean (Std) 80.8 (17.73) 79.3 (17.59) 79.4 (14.97) 83.1 (14.04) 80.8 (19.31) 81.0 (16.71)
Median 81.6 81.2 80.7 86.2 86 77.1
Min, Max 51, 120 51, 120 52, 111 54, 109 54, 109 54, 118

Body Mass Index
Mean (Std) 26.1 (4.45) 25.9 (4.71) 26.6 (3.92) 28.1 (5.13) 27.0 (6.31) 26.7 (4.69)
Median 26.6 27.1 26.3 28.6 27.3 26.3
Min, Max 19, 34 19, 33 17, 37 19, 36 19, 36 19, 40

Targeted Level
L4-5 10 (27%) 4 (19%) 16 (30%) 5 (42%) 3 (50%) 5 (16%)
L5-S1 27 (73%) 17 (81%) 37 (70%) 7 (58%) 3 (50%) 26 (84%)