Facet Tropism and Orientation: Risk Factors for Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Table 1

Age, BMI, and CSAD (L1-2 to L5-S1) of the study groups (control vs. stenosis) for each gender separately.

Variables	Males			Females
	Control ()	Stenosis ()	value	Control ()	Stenosis ()	value
Age (years)			0.214			0.429
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.009			0.002
CSAD L1-2 (mm^2)			<0.001			<0.001
CSAD L2-3 (mm^2)			<0.001			<0.001
CSAD L3-4 (mm^2)			<0.001			<0.001
CSAD L4-5 (mm^2)			<0.001			<0.001
CSAD L5-S1 (mm^2)			<0.001			<0.001

BMI: body mass index; CSAD: cross-sectional area of dural sac; SD: standard deviation.