Table 3.

Comparison of patient characteristics with and without postoperative C5 palsy

Variables	Group A	Group B	P Value
No. of cases	8	153
Age (year)	58.88±11.61	61.95±9.13	0.36
Sex
Male	6	102	0.92
Female	2	51
Diagnosis
CSM	3	66	0.95
OPLL	3	53
CSME	2	34
Duration of disease (month)	9.27±2.30	11.20±3.04	0.08
No. of surgical levels	2.25±0.70	2.23±0.89	0.94
Preoperative JOA score	11.16±2.60	12.36±2.91	0.26

P<0.05 were considered statistically significant.