Clinical Characteristics of 1378 Inpatients with Spinal Tuberculosis in General Hospitals in South-Central China

Table 6

Comparison of 10 years' data.

Variate	Type	Group A		Group B		Total	χ2	P
		(2007-2011)		(2012-2016)
		N	%	N	%
Gender	Male	378	57.8	427	59	805	0.197	0.657
	Female	276	42.2	297	41	573
Age (yeas)	≦60	526	80.4	538	74.3	1064	7.312	0.007
	>60	128	19.6	186	25.7	314
Residence	Rural	494	75.5	509	70.3	1003	4.747	0.029
	Urban	160	24.5	215	29.7	375
Occupation	Medical staff	6	0.9	16	2.2	22	4.154	0.046
	Others	648	99.1	708	97.8	1356
Back pain	Yes	596	91.1	679	93.8	1275	3.497	0.061
	No	58	8.9	45	6.2	103
Radicular pain	Yes	264	40.4	288	39.6	552	0.049	0.825
	No	390	59.6	436	60.4	826
Systemic toxicity symptoms	Yes	215	32.9	228	31.5	443	0.301	0.583
	No	439	67.1	496	68.5	935
Abscess	Yes	429	65.6	474	65.5	903	0.002	0.964
	No	225	34.4	250	34.5	475
Neurological injury	Yes	339	51.8	348	48.1	687	1.952	0.162
	No	315	48.2	376	51.9	691
Involved number of vertebrae	<3	509	77.8	549	75.9	1058	0.771	0.380
	≧3	145	22.2	175	24.1	320
Surgery	Yes	488	68.5	512	70.7	1000	2.625	0.105
	No	166	31.5	212	29.3	378
PTB	Yes	176	26.9	190	26.2	366	0.079	0.779
	No	478	73.1	534	73.8	1012
Diabetes	Yes	23	3.5	40	5.5	63	3.176	0.075
	No	631	96.5	684	94.5	1315
Prognosis	Cure	567	86.7	648	89.5	1215	2.593	0.107
	Others	87	13.3	76	11.9	163