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

Table 5

Correlation analysis between STB and diabetes.

Variate	Type	Without diabetes		With diabetes		Total	χ2	P
		N	%	N	%
Age (yeas)	>45	662	50.3	55	87.3	717	32.904	0.000
	≦45	653	49.7	8	12.7	661
Systemic toxicity symptoms	Yes	415	31.6	28	44.4	443	4.576	0.032
	No	900	68.4	35	55.6	935
Surgery	Yes	966	73.4	34	54.0	1000	11.474	0.001
	No	349	26.6	29	46.0	378
Prognosis	Cure	1167	88.7	48	76.2	1215	9.086	0.003
	Others	148	11.3	15	23.8	163