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Table 3 The 65–74-year and ≥ 75-year-old patients were classified into four categories based on a median SAD of 160 mm

From: Relationship between sacral-abdominal wall distance, movement performance, and spinal alignment in osteoporosis: a retrospective study

 

[ES]

[EL]

p- value

[LS]

[LL]

p- value

the number of people

75

43

 

78

91

 

Age (years), mean (SD)

69.8 (3.1)

70.7 (3.0)

0.14

80.8 (4.1)

82.2 (5.4)

0.06

BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

20.3 (2.90)

23.5 (3.4)

< 0.001

19.2 (2.9)

23.1 (3.5)

< 0.001

Abdominal circumstance (cm), mean (SD)

76.5 (9.0)

84.9 (9.2)

< 0.001

75.7 (8.2)

85.6 (9.4)

< 0.001

CCI (points), Median [IQR]

0 [0 − 2]

0 [0 − 1]

0.62

1 [0 − 2]

0 [0 − 2]

0.38

Frailty Index (points), mean (SD)

0.9 (0.8)

1.0 (0.9)

0.34

1.3 (1.0)

1.8 (1.2)

< 0.01

trunk fat percentage (%), mean (SD)

29.2 (7.6)

33.7 (8.4)

< 0.01

27.8 (7.4)

31.4 (9.4)

< 0.01

2 Step (m/m), Median [IQR]

1.39 [1.28 − 1.49]

1.28 [1.16 − 1.39]

< 0.001

1.22 [1.11 − 1.34]

1.11 [0.89 − 1.25]

< 0.001

3 m TUG (s), Median [IQR]

5.9 [5.3 − 6.9]

7.3 [6.2 − 8.3]

< 0.001

7.0 [6.1 − 8.9]

9.1 [7.3 − 12.4]

< 0.001

Rise 40 cm clear

2 (2.7)

2 (4.7)

< 0.001

12 (15.4)

21 (23.1)

< 0.001

Rise 30 cm clear

1 (1.3)

6 (14.0)

6 (7.7)

13 (14.3)

Rise 20 cm clear

9 (12.0)

13 (30.2)

21 (26.9)

23 (25.3)

Rise 10 cm clear

62 (82.7)

20 (46.5)

37 (47.4)

21 (23.1)

Starts up, 40 m not possible.

0 (0.0)

2 (4.7)

0 (0.0)

12 (13.2)

Stand up 20 cm with both feet, n (%). Possible

71 (95)

33 (77)

< 0.001

58 (74)

44 (48)

< 0.001

Stand up 20 cm with both feet n (%).

Impossible

3 (4)

10 (23)

18 (23)

46 (51)

Hand Grip (kg), mean (SD)

21.0 (3.5)

19.9 (3.7)

0.12

18.0 (5.2)

17.2 (4.3)

0.14

Unipedal standing (s), Median [IQR]

15.0 [15.0 − 15.0]

15.0 [6.8 − 15.0]

< 0.001

11.4 [4.7 − 15.0]

5.4 [1.9 − 15.0]

0.001

VAS (lumber), Median [IQR]

1.0 [0.0 − 3.0]

2.0 [0.0 − 4.0]

< 0.01

2.0 [0.0 − 3.0]

3.0 [1.0 − 4.0]

< 0.05

SVA (mm), Median [IQR]

18.8 [1.6 − 32.9]

43.2 [31.3 − 77.5]

< 0.001

46.7 [16.8 − 67.6]

73.7 [41.5 − 106.9]

< 0.001

PT (°), mean (SD)

15.9 (7.9)

24.7 (9.1)

< 0.001

17.1 (9.4)

28.3 (10.3)

< 0.001

SS (°), mean (SD)

32.0 (6.8)

28.5 (10.7)

< 0.05

31.2 (10.2)

26.0 (10.7)

< 0.01

Fractur spine, n (%)

25 (33.3)

21 (48.8)

0.10

48 (61.5)

70 (76.9)

< 0.05

Exercise habit, n (%)

45 (60.0)

21 (48.8)

0.24

40 (51.3)

49 (53.8)

0.74

Has had a fall in the past year(%)

12 (16.0)

11 (26.2)

0.21

17 (22.4)

21 (23.9)

0.84

Fall risk (points), mean (SD)

2.9 (2.8)

4.9 (3.3)

< 0.001

4.5 (3.1)

6.3 (3.3)

< 0.001

  1. ES group, 65-74-year-old with SAD < 160 mm; EL group, 65-74-year-old with SAD ≥ 160 mm;
  2. LS group,75-year-old patients with SAD < 160 mm; LL group, ≥ 75-year-old patients with SAD ≥ 160 mm
  3. SAD: abdominal wall-sacral distance, BMI: body mass index, CCI: Charlson Comorbidity index, TUG: timed up and go, VAS: Visual Analogue Scale, PT: pelvic tilt, SVA: sagittal vertical axis, SS: Sacral slope.
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