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

Table 3

A logistic regression analysis demonstrating the variables that are significantly associated with degenerative lumbar stenosis (males and females listed separately).

	OR	CI 95%	value
Males
BMI	1.095	1.001-1.198	0.048
FO L2-3	0.944	0.898-0.993	0.024
FO L4-5	0.948	0.908-0.988	0.013
FT L4-5	3.389	1.507-7.621	0.003
FT L5-S1	2.436	1.078-5.507	0.032
Females
BMI	1.144	1.050-1.245	0.002
FO L3-4	0.877	0.831-0.925	<0.001
FT L3-4	3.195	1.266-8.060	0.014
FT L5-S1	2.962	1.176-7.460	0.021

OR: odds ratios; CI: confidence intervals; BMI: body mass index; FO: facet orientation; FT: facet tropism.