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. 2020 Jun 29;2020:2453503. doi: 10.1155/2020/2453503

Table 2.

Facet orientation (FO) values of the study groups (control vs. stenosis) by lumbar levels, for each gender separately.

Variables Males Females
Control (mean ± SD) Stenosis (mean ± SD) P value Control (mean ± SD) Stenosis (mean ± SD) P value
FO L1-2 (degree) 23.6 ± 8  21.4 ± 9 0.133 24.4 ± 7 21.7 ± 10 0.079
FO L2-3 (degree) 26.6 ± 8  21.2 ± 8 <0.001 27.6 ± 6 21.9 ± 9 <0.001
FO L3-4 (degree) 34 ± 10  27.8 ± 9 <0.001 36 ± 7 26.6 ± 10 <0.001
FO L4-5 (degree) 43 ± 9 35.6 ± 11 <0.001 45.8 ± 8 37.7 ± 11 <0.001
FO L5-S1 (degree) 49.8 ± 9 46.9 ± 9 0.073 52.2 ± 8 46.2 ± 8 <0.001

SD: standard deviation.