Table 1.

Comparison of demographic and clinical variables between the decompression and nondecompression groups.

	Decompression group (n = 26)	Nondecompression group (n = 17)	p value
Age	40.3 ± 11.5	47.4 ± 8.9	0.149
Sex, Male/Female (%)	11/15 (42.3/57.7)	10/7 (58.8/41.2)	0.358
Height (cm)	165.8 ± 9.5	168.5 ± 8.3	0.630
Body mass (kg)	69.2 ± 13.2	69.5 ± 11.1	0.658
Symptom duration (weeks)	7.6 ± 2.6	7.7 ± 2.1	0.906
Level of L-HIVD			0.133
L4–5	12	12
L5–S1	14	5
Type of L-HIVD			0.516
Central	20	10
Paracentral	2	3
Foraminal	1	2
Mixed	3	2

^∗ p < 0.05. L-HIVD, lumbar herniated intervertebral disc.