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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Spine J. 2021 Oct 23;22(4):570–577. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.10.013

Table 5:

Characteristics for patients who achieved MCID compared to those who did not for each outcome variable for patients presenting with leg pain predominant symptoms.

VAS Back Vas Leg ODI

Yes No Yes No Yes No
Age 62.8±12.1 61.8±13.4 59.6±12.2 76.0
BMI 27.7±6.1 26.1±3.9 27.5±4.6 20.5
Pre-Operative
Narcotic
Usage
4.9±11.3 8.4±13.9 8.0±12.9 0.0
Duration of
Sensory
Symptoms
6.0±9.5 2.8±2.6 5.2±8.7 1.0
CCI w/o age 0.2±0.6 0.3±0.6 0.3±0.7 0.0
EBL 40.3±24.0 37.5±16.9 38.3±16.0 25.0
OR Time 89.2±27.1 94.1±30.7 93.3±27.9 75.0
LOS 34.9±22.8 29.6±14.7 38.1±23.6 20.6
POD0 MME 92.7±49.5 100.6±53.7 104.9±46.3 50.0
Pre-Operative
Pelvic Tilt
21.7±8.7 19.5±7.3 19.0±8.3 28.4
Pre-Operative
Sacral Slope
36.7±9.1 37.5±8.9 37.0±8.2 31.0
Pre-Operative
Pelvic
Incidence
58.4±8.7 57.0±8.2 56.1±8.7 59.4
Pre-Operative
Lumbar
Lordosis
−45.1±13.0 −47.2±12.9 −48.2±12.8 −44.7
Pre-Op PI- 13.4±16.6 9.8±15.8 8.0±17.5 14.7
LL
Fusion % at
1 Year
90.0% 91.7% 92.9% 7.1%