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. 2014 Aug 29;54(9):736–745. doi: 10.2176/nmc.oa.2013-0287

Table 5.

The difference between sex of the subaxial pedicles

C3 C4 C5 C6 C7





Male Female P value Male Female P value Male Female P value Male Female P value Male Female P value
OPH-Lt 7.28 ± 0.80 5.26 ± 0.61 < 0.0001* 7.12 ± 0.74 6.19 ± 0.82 0.0162* 7.43 ± 0.76 6.52 ± 0.68 0.0108* 7.35 ± 0.91 6.57 ± 0.80 0.0575 7.78 ± 0.97 7.19 ± 0.63 0.1281
OPH-Rt 7.35 ± 0.41 5.60 ± 0.42 < 0.0001* 6.93 ± 0.88 5.85 ± 0.68 0.0066* 7.57 ± 0.82 6.33 ± 0.58 0.0010* 7.42 ± 0.77 6.53 ± 0.66 0.0129* 7.77 ± 0.68 7.13 ± 0.91 0.0936
OPW-Lt 5.77 ± 0.35 4.55 ± 0.75 0.0002* 6.05 ± 0.75 4.86 ± 0.55 0.0007* 6.33 ± 0.55 5.21 ± 0.32 < 0.0001* 6.52 ± 0.39 5.37 ± 0.71 0.0003* 7.07 ± 0.60 6.15 ± 0.79 0.0099*
OPW-Rt 5.71 ± 0.33 4.66 ± 0.80 0.0013* 5.93 ± 0.80 5.03 ± 0.82 0.0232* 6.14 ± 0.60 5.08 ± 0.43 0.0003* 6.43 ± 0.56 5.24 ± 0.63 0.0003* 6.57 ± 0.72 6.18 ± 0.70 0.2311
PAL-Lt 30.58 ± 1.37 27.98 ± 2.23 0.0059* 32.09 ± 1.85 29.19 ± 2.44 0.0079* 33.73 ± 1.45 31.08 ± 1.99 0.0032* 33.97 ± 2.16 32.55 ± 1.39 0.0974 35.47 ± 1.65 33.66 ± 0.66 0.0048*
PAL-Rt 30.84 ± 1.58 27.03 ± 2.89 0.0019* 31.92 ± 1.94 28.74 ± 2.96 0.0109* 32.73 ± 3.26 30.66 ± 2.68 0.1374 34.46 ± 2.70 32.64 ± 1.50 0.0811 35.40 ± 2.06 32.89 ± 1.39 0.0052*
PL-Lt 6.09 ± 0.61 4.88 ± 0.61 0.0003* 6.16 ± 0.36 5.31 ± 0.75 0.0051* 6.01 ± 0.86 5.93 ± 0.54 0.7754 6.14 ± 0.93 5.91 ± 0.56 0.5057 6.21 ± 0.66 6.24 ± 1.09 0.9536
PL-Rt 6.06 ± 0.54 5.17 ± 0.68 0.0045* 6.36 ± 0.53 5.19 ± 0.68 0.0004* 6.28 ± 0.80 6.07 ± 0.86 0.5712 6.32 ± 0.91 6.16 ± 0.73 0.6795 6.38 ± 0.6 6.32 ± 0.99 0.8681
PL-LM-Lt 15.21 ± 1.22 14.28 ± 1.37 0.1297 15.11 ± 2.13 14.45 ± 1.52 0.4333 15.46 ± 2.19 15.40 ± 1.82 0.9435 15.59 ± 1.69 15.34 ± 1.49 0.7316 15.29 ± 1.32 14.76 ± 2.09 0.5043
PL-LM-Rt 15.53 ± 1.78 14.69 ± 1.92 0.3235 15.30 ± 1.26 14.48 ± 1.61 0.2147 16.11 ± 2.05 16.0 ± 2.12 0.9101 16.76 ± 1.72 15.35 ± 1.80 0.0906 15.55 ± 1.68 14.79 ± 1.77 0.3373
PSA-Lt 14.09° ± 1.76° 14.17° ± 1.66° 0.9118 8.30° ± 0.83° 6.24° ± 1.46° 0.0011* 2.88° ± 1.51° 1.87° ± 0.33° 0.0528 −2.94° ± 1.86° −6.53° ± 2.22° 0.001* −6.97° ± 1.19° −6.49° ± 1.54° 0.4397
PSA-Rt 14.43° ± 2.15° 12.69° ± 1.54° 0.0532 7.58° ± 1.24° 6.25° ± 0.88° 0.0130* 3.96° ± 1.54° 2.11° ± 0.56° 0.0023* −2.90° ± 1.24° −5.83° ± 1.65° 0.0003* −6.87° ± 1.81° −7.45° ± 1.60° 0.4657
PTA-Lt 46.43° ± 3.72° 45.83° ± 3.92° 0.7273 49.35° ± 4.40° 46.96° ± 4.84° 0.2640 49.39° ± 3.69° 49.18° ± 2.68° 0.8850 44.14° ± 4.14° 43.71° ± 3.51° 0.8042 38.16° ± 5.61° 37.79° ± 4.07° 0.8693
PTA-Rt 47.11° ± 3.45° 46.07° ± 2.81° 0.4694 49.62° ± 2.46° 48.16° ± 4.90° 0.4103 48.57° ± 4.35° 48.43° ± 2.65° 0.9289 45.12° ± 5.19° 44.23° ± 3.14° 0.6468 39.90 ± 5.74° 39.29 ± 3.88° 0.7861

Values are the mean and standard deviation.

*

Statistical significant (P < 0.05). Lt: left, OPH: outer pedicle height, OPW: outer pedicle width, PAL : pedicle axis length, PL: pedicle length, PL-LM: pedicle length and lateral mass, PSA: pedicle sagittal angle of the subaxial cervical spines vis-à-vis sex, PTA: pedicle transverse angle, Rt: right.