Table 1.
Baseline values of patients according to treatment presented as count (n) or mean ± standard deviation.
| n | Sex | CCI | Spinal fracture | Surgical technique | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Male | Female | SCI | C1 | Subaxial | T | L | Screw | Fusion | |||
| Years | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | |||
| Surgical | 1681 | 68 ± 17 | 1013 | 668 | 4.4 ± 2.3 | 77 | 236 | 194 | 90 | 30 | 168 | 1513 |
| Nonsurgical | 4689 | 73 ± 18 | 2277 | 2412 | 5.1 ± 2.6 | 63 | 394 | 272 | 186 | 122 | 0 | 0 |
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| All | 6370 | 72 ± 18 | 3290 | 3080 | 4.9 ± 2.5 | 140 | 630 | 466 | 276 | 152 | 168 | 1513 |
n: number; SD: standard deviation; CCI: Charlson Comorbidity Index; SCI: spinal cord injury; T: thoracic; L: lumbar.