TABLE 5.

Correlation Between the Gene Expression Levels in Paravertebral Muscles and Sagittal X-Ray Parameters

	SVA (mm)	LL (°)	PT (°)	PI-LL (°)	TK (°)
Atrogin-1	r = –0.07	r = 0.05	r = –0.12	r = –0.09	r = –0.17
	P = 0.43	P = 0.59	P = 0.18	P = 0.34	P = 0.08
Murf1	r = –0.02	r = –0.04	r = 0.03	r = 0.09	r = –0.12
	P = 0.85	P = 0.69	P = 0.72	P = 0.33	P = 0.20
Pparg	r = –0.03	r = 0.03	r = 0.23	r = 0.15	r = 0.17
	P = 0.75	P = 0.76	P = 0.01	P = 0.11	P = 0.06
Cebpa	r = –0.01	r = 0.07	r = 0.19	r = 0.11	r = 0.20
	P = 0.92	P = 0.48	P = 0.04	P = 0.25	P = 0.03

The gene expression levels evaluated by quantitative polymerase chain reaction.

The factors of |Pearson correlation coefficients (r)|>0.20 are illustrated in bold, along with those P values. n = 117.