Table 1.
Demographic data of the study population.
|
Parameters |
Value |
| No. of patients | 40 |
| Age, mean ± SD (95% CI), y | 36.4 ± 11.8 (32.6-40.1) |
| Sex, n (%) | |
| Male | 8 (20) |
| Female | 32 (80) |
| Clinical presentation, No. (%) | |
| Back pain | 23 (57.5) |
| Back pain with radiculopathy | 5 (12.5) |
| Neck pain | 10 (25) |
| Neck pain with radiculopathy | 2 (5) |
| Comorbidities, n (%) | |
| Diabetes | 4 (10) |
| Hypertension | 5 (12.5) |
| Urinary tract infection | 1 (2.5) |
| Steroid intake | 2 (5) |
| Smoking | 3 (7.5) |
| Clinicoradiologic severity of PS, n (%) | |
| Grade I | 28 (70) |
| Grade II | 5 (12.5) |
| Grade III | 7 (17.5) |
| Duration of presenting symptoms, mean ± SD (95% confidence interval), days | 15.2 ± 10.4 (11.8-18.5) |
Abbreviation: PS, pyogenic spondylodiscitis.