Table 1.

Demographic and clinical data in the study groups.

	Group I (N = 59)	Group II (N = 58)
Age (yr)	46.95 ± 13.94	54.0 ± 10.30
Sex
Male	37 (62.7%)	41 (70.7%)
Female	22 (37.3%)	17 (29.3%)
Weight (kg)	76.76 ± 7.45	78.80 ± 8.73
Height (cm)	176.6 ± 9.7	175.0 ± 8.6
Medical History:
D.M	9 (15.3%)	7 (12.1%)
Hypertension	14 (23.7%)	16 (27.6%)
Nerve root affected:
L5	23 (38.9%)	21 (36.2%)
L4	14 (23.8%)	18 (31.1%)
L3	2 (3.4%)	2 (3.5%)
L2	2 (3.4%)	1 (1.7%)
L4 / L5	16 (27.1%)	13 (22.4%)
L3/ L4	2 (3.4%)	3 (5.1%)