Research Article

Lumbosacral Defects in a 16th–18th-Century Joseon Dynasty Skeletal Series from Korea

Table 4

Descriptive statistics of spondylolysis in Joseon males and females.

Number of spondylolysis occurrences / total (%)P value
MalesFemalesIndeterminate

Spondylolysis at L21/81 (1.2%)0/68 (0.0%)0/49 (0.0%)1.000
Spondylolysis at L41/81 (1.2%)0/68 (0.0%)0/49 (0.0%)1.000
Spondylolysis at L51/81 (1.2%)2/68 (2.9%)1/49 (2.0%)0.592
Total3/81 (3.7%)2/68 (2.9%)1/49 (2.0%)1.000

Probability value of Fisher’s exact test between the sexes.