Table 1.

Demographic and clinical findings of patients (DCM) and controls (TAAA).

Variables	Groups		Test statistic	Significance
	DCM Ntotal = 28	TAAA Ntotal = 38
	M [SD]	M [SD]		p*
Age (years)	62.3 [10.8]	61.7 [15.0]	t-test	.69
mJOA Score	10.1 [3.3]	17.3 [1.2]	t-test	< .001
Neck disability Index	47.4 [19.71]	5.3 [8.56]	t-test	< .001

	Groups		Test statistic	Significance
	DCM Ntotal = 28	TAAA Ntotal = 38
	N [%]	N [%]		p*
Females	14 [50.0]	13 [34.2]	Chi2	.14
Smokers	4 [14.2]	6 [15.8]
mJOA symptoms
Duration < 6 months	10 [35.7]
Duration > 6 months	18 [64.3]
Mild + moderate	15 [53.6]
Severe	13 [46.4]
MRI findings
Positive TW2 signal	19 [67.9]
Multisegmental	23 [82.1]
Monosegmental	5 [17.9]

CSF cerebrospinal fluid, DCM Degenerative cervical myelopathy, M mean, mJOA modified Japanese Orthopedic Association, SD standard deviation, TAAA thoracic abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Bold values indicate significance level of p < .05.