Table 1 Clinicopathological features of 25 patients with interver-tebral disc degeneration and the protein expression of USP14
|
Parameter |
Cases |
USP14 level |
P value |
|
Age at surgery |
|
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|
<45 |
14 |
0.834±0.132 |
0.9151 |
|
≥45 |
11 |
0.754±0.178 |
|
|
Gender |
|
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|
Male |
13 |
0.797±0.177 |
0.2536 |
|
Female |
12 |
0.804±0.133 |
|
|
BMI |
|
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|
<24 |
15 |
0.789±0.156 |
0.6535 |
|
≥24 |
10 |
0.818±0.155 |
|
|
Degenerative grade |
|
||
|
I |
1 |
0.495±0.045 |
0.0007 |
|
II |
4 |
0.637±0.102 |
|
|
III |
7 |
0.757±0.081 |
|
|
IV |
5 |
0.901±0.039 |
|
|
V |
8 |
0.897±0.145 |
|
BMI indicates body mass index.