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. 2021 Apr 16;15(2):234–242. doi: 10.14444/8008

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of cohort by mental health diagnosis groups. Descriptive characteristics between groups are compared via Kruskal-Wallis H test, Pearson χ2 analysis, or Fisher exact test.


No Depression or Anxiety (n =323)
Depression or Anxiety (n = 37)
Depression and Anxiety (n = 31)
P Value
Age, mean (95% CI), y 63.0 (61.0, 64.0) 62.0 (58.0, 66.0) 61.0 (58.0, 64.0) .809
Sex, n (%) .057
 M 168 (52.0) 21 (56.8) 23 (74.2)
 F 155 (48.0) 16 (43.2) 8 (25.8)
Body mass index, kg/m2 (95% CI) 30.4 (29.8, 31.1) 30.6 (29.1, 32.1) 30.7 (28.7, 32.8) .962
Smoking status, n (%) .001a
 Never 228 (70.6) 20 (54.1) 16 (51.6)
 Current 22 (6.8) 1 (2.7) 7 (22.6)
 Former 73 (22.6) 16 (43.2) 8 (25.8)
Preoperative diagnosis, n (%) .723
 Spondylolisthesis 228 (70.6) 23 (62.2) 21 (67.8)
 Scoliosis 43 (13.3) 5 (13.5) 5 (16.1)
 Recurrent disc herniation 11 (3.4) 1 (2.7) 0 (0.0)
 Stenosis 41 (12.7) 8 (21.6) 5 (16.1)
No. of levels decompressed, n (%) .750
 1 140 (43.3) 21 (56.8) 11 (35.5)
 2 103 (31.9) 7 (18.9) 12 (38.7)
 3 61 (18.9) 7 (18.9) 6 (19.4)
 4 16 (5.0) 2 (5.4) 2 (6.4)
 5 3 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
No. of levels fused, n (%) .279
 1 224 (69.3) 31 (83.8) 20 (64.5)
 2 78 (24.1) 6 (16.2) 8 (25.8)
 3 21 (6.6) 0 (0.0) 3 (9.7)
Follow-up, mean (95% CI), mo 13.6 (13.0, 14.1) 13.4 (12.4, 14.4) 13.3 (11.6, 15.1) .953
Symptom duration, n (%) .338
 <3 mo 238 (73.7) 28 (75.7) 19 (61.3)
 3-6 mo 50 (15.5) 4 (10.8) 9 (29.0)
 >6 mo 35 (10.8) 5 (13.5) 3 (9.7)
a

Indicates statistical significance (P < .05).