Table 6 A comparison of the primary and secondary outcomes between the OPLL and non-OPLL groups with CSCI without bone injury.

From: Characteristics of the cervical spine and cervical cord injuries in older adults with cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

 

Before PSM

After PSM

OPLL (N = 211)

Non-OPLL (N = 403)

p-value

OPLL (N = 176)

Non-OPLL (N = 176)

p-value

Baseline

 AIS (%)

  A

18 (8.6)

16 (4.0)

0.032

16 (9.1)

4 (2.3)

0.045

  B

15 (7.1)

16 (4.0)

 

11 (6.3)

11 (6.3)

 

  C

71 (33.8)

144 (35.8)

 

60 (34.3)

69 (39.4)

 

  D

106 (50.5)

226 (56.2)

 

88 (50.3)

91 (52.0)

 

 AMS

58.2 ± 32.8

65.2 ± 29.2

0.009

58.6 ± 32.3

61.7 ± 29.1

0.36

 Complication (%)

58 (28.0)

92 (22.9)

0.17

49 (28.0)

37 (21.0)

0.14

 Death (%)

5 (2.4)

8 (2.0)

0.77

3 (1.7)

3 (1.7)

1

6 months

 AIS improvement (%)

  Worsening

1 (0.7)

2 (0.7)

0.19

1 (0.9)

1 (0.7)

0.12

  No improvement

87 (62.1)

169 (56.9)

 

72 (61.5)

69 (49.6)

 

  Improvement

43 (30.7)

116 (39.1)

 

37 (31.6)

63 (45.3)

 

  At least a 2-grade improvement

9 (6.4)

10 (3.4)

 

7 (6.0)

6 (4.3)

 

 AMS improvement

16.5 ± 19.9

16.1 ± 18.1

0.85

17.3 ± 20.6

17.8 ± 19.2

0.83

 Comorbidity (%)

12 (8.0)

23 (7.7)

1

8 (6.4)

5 (3.4)

0.27

 Mortality (%)

0

0

NA

0

0

NA

12 months

 AIS improvement (%)

  Worsening

0

0

0.45

0

0

0.26

  No improvement

58 (58.6)

113 (53.6)

 

53 (60.2)

48 (48.5)

 

  Improvement

34 (34.3)

87 (41.2)

 

29 (33.0)

44 (44.4)

 

  At least a 2-grade improvement

7 (7.1)

11 (5.2)

 

6 (6.8)

7 (7.1)

 

 AMS improvement

18.5 ± 24.1

18.1 ± 19.5

0.88

19.2 ± 24.7

19.6 ± 20.7

0.90

 Comorbidity (%)

10 (8.9)

6 (2.8)

0.027

8 (8.2)

1 (1.0)

0.016

 Mortality (%)

1 (0.9)

1 (0.5)

1

1 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

0.49

  1. PSM, propensity score matching; OPLL, ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; CSCI, cervical spinal cord injury; AIS, American Spine Injury Association impairment scale; and AMS, American Spine Injury Association motor score.