. 2019 Oct 7;19:89. doi: 10.1186/s12894-019-0516-y

Table 3.

SHIM Scores over Time

	1 Month (N = 48)		3 Months (N = 46)		6 Months (N = 45)		1 Year (N = 43)		2 Years (N = 35)		p-value
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	p-value
Treated SHIM Score^a	9.88 ± 6.96		12.13 ± 7.57		14.80 ± 7.71		14.23 ± 8.80		16.66 ± 7.78		0.0010
Abnormal	42	87.50	36	78.26	31	68.89	30	69.77	21	60.00	0.0500
Normal (22–25)	6	12.50	10	21.74	14	31.11	13	30.23	14	40.00	0.0500
Untreated SHIM Score^a	6.46 ± 5.04		7.70 ± 5.71		9.91 ± 6.32		12.55 ± 6.88		15.31 ± 6.92		<.0001
Abnormal	47	97.92	43	93.48	43	95.56	36	83.72	28	80.00	0.0176
Normal (22–25)	1	2.08	3	6.52	2	4.44	7	16.28	7	20.00	0.0176
SHIM scores similar to initial					Normal Pre-Op SHIM scores (N = 30)
	1 Year (N = 43)		2 Years (N = 35)				1 Year (N = 26)			2 Years (N = 21)
	N	%	N	%			N		%	N	%
Treated SHIM Score					Treated SHIM Score
Dissimilar	36	83.72	30	85.71	Abnormal		18		69.23	14	66.67
Similar	7	16.28	5	14.29	Normal		8		30.77	7	33.33
Untreated SHIM Score					Untreated SHIM Score
Dissimilar	40	93.02	30	85.71	Abnormal		20		76.92	15	71.43
Similar	3	6.98	6	14.29	Normal		6		23.08	6	28.57

^aData are presented as mean ± SD or N and %; Normal SHIM Score = (22–25)