Research Article
Facet Tropism and Orientation: Risk Factors for Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Table 2
Facet orientation (FO) values of the study groups (control vs. stenosis) by lumbar levels, for each gender separately.
| Variables | Males | Females | Control () | Stenosis () | value | Control () | Stenosis () | value |
| FO L1-2 (degree) | | | 0.133 | | | 0.079 | FO L2-3 (degree) | | | <0.001 | | | <0.001 | FO L3-4 (degree) | | | <0.001 | | | <0.001 | FO L4-5 (degree) | | | <0.001 | | | <0.001 | FO L5-S1 (degree) | | | 0.073 | | | <0.001 |
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SD: standard deviation.
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