IFN-γ Correlations with Pain Assessment, Radiological Findings, and Clinical Intercourse in Patient after Lumbar Microdiscectomy: Preliminary Study

Table 3

Correlation between the IFN-γ level and the subjective assessment of pain.

		IFN-γ before surgery (pg/ml)	IFN-γ after surgery (pg/ml)
		()	()
NRS back	Before	0.247 (0.244)	0.34 (0.104)
	After	0.528 (0.008)	0.455 (0.025)
NRS leg	Before	-0.029 (0.886)	0.065 (0.748)
	After	0.233 (0.251)	0.090 (0.663)
PRI	Before	0.401^g (0.052)	0.462 (0.023)
	After	0.529 (0.005)	0.549 (0.003)
PPI	Before	0.273 (0.176)	0.277 (0.171)
	After	0.283 (0.152)	0.263 (0.186)
ODI	Before	0.376^g (0.058)	0.227 (0.266)
	After	0.145 (0.472)	0.107 (0.595)

Correlation significant at ; correlation significant at . NRS back and leg: Numeric Rating Scale; PRI: Pain Rating Index; PII: present pain intensity; ODI: Oswestry Disability Index; Wilcoxon rank test for dependent samples with highlighted in bold.