Table 1.

General characteristics of patients

Variables	CSM	LDH	P‐value
Age (years)	56.1 ± 9.9	38.7 ± 12.8	<0.001*
Gender (male: female)	23:9	23:7	—
Height (cm)	169.0 ± 9.3	173.0 ± 6.4	0.057
Weight (kg)	75.3 ± 15.3	75.2 ± 10.6	0.967

^* indicates significant difference between the CSM group and the LDH group.

Values of age, height and weight are mean ± standard deviation.

CSM, cervical spondylotic myelopathy; LDH, lumbar intervertebral disc herniation

—, none.