Table 1. Distribution of patients according to sex, pain characteristics, surgery requirement, and vertebral level of lumbar pain.

	Sex		Pain Characteristics			Surgery Requirement		Lumbar Level
	Male	Female	Localized	Radiating to the left	Radiating to the right	Yes	No	L3-L4	L4-L5	L5-S1
N	87	6	43	31	19	23	70	6	44	43
Percent (%)	94	6	46	34	20	25	75	7	47	46