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

Table 4

Correlation analysis between STB and PTB.

Variate	Type	Without PTB		With PTB		Total	χ2	P
		N	%	N	%
Gender	Male	573	56.6	232	63.4	805	5.068	0.024
	Female	439	43.4	134	36.6	573
Abscess	Yes	644	63.6	259	70.8	903	6.047	0.014
	No	368	36.4	107	29.2	475
Surgery	Yes	776	76.7	224	61.2	1000	32.347	0.000
	No	236	23.3	142	38.8	378
Systemic toxicity symptoms	Yes	305	30.1	138	37.7	443	7.055	0.008
	No	707	69.9	228	62.3	935
Neurological injury	Yes	480	47.4	207	56.6	687	8.955	0.003
	No	532	52.6	159	43.4	691
Prognosis	Cure	891	88.0	319	87.2	1214	0.490	0.484
	Others	121	12.0	47	12.8	163