Table 1 Demographics in Healthy Controls and DCM patients

From: Functional and structural brain remodeling in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy following cervical decompression surgery

Characteristic

DCM patients (n = 54)

HC (n = 57)

p value

Age (years)

51.39 ± 7.44

50.84 ± 4.61

0.645

Sex (Female/male)

25/29

28/29

0.766

Education (years)

9.25 ± 2.32

9.23 ± 2.42

0.945

Height (cm)

165.24 ± 7.68

164.67 ± 6.83

0.678

Weight (kg)

68.31 ± 11.09

66.68 ± 9.27

0.402

Body Mass Index (BMI)

24.97 ± 3.13

24.56 ± 2.62

0.455

Hypertension

N/A

N/A

N/A

Diabetes

N/A

N/A

N/A

Analgesic

48/54

N/A

N/A

mJOA score

Pre-operation

Post-operation

N/A

0.001

12.96 ± 1.55

15.93 ± 1.18

  1. Values are presented as the mean ± standard deviation (X ± SD).
  2. DCM degenerative cervical myelopathy, HC healthy controls, mJOA modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association.
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