The Upregulation of COX2 in Human Degenerated Nucleus Pulposus: The Association of Inflammation with Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

Table 1

Population baseline between human degenerated and nondegenerated discs of the study patients.

	Total	Nondegeneration	Degeneration	value
Patients ()	107 [100]	45 [42.1]	62 [57.9]	—
Gender ( [%])	107 [100]	45 [100]	62 [100]
Male	70 [65.4]	34 [75.6]	36 [58.1]	0.06
Female	37 [34.6]	11 [24.4]	26 [41.9]
Age (years)				<0.001
BMI				0.485
Height (m)				0.363
Weight (kg)	65 (56-70)	63 (55.8-71.5)	65 (57-70)	0.75
Diabetes (yes vs. no)	107 [100]	45 [100]	62 [100]
Yes	5 [4.7]	0 [0]	5 [8.1]	0.051
No	102 [95.3]	45 [100]	57 [91.9]
History of smoking (yes vs. no)	107 [100]	45 [100]	62 [100]
Yes	5 [4.7]	2 [4.4]	3 [4.8]	0.924
No	102 [95.3]	43 [95.6]	59 [95.2]

Values are expressed as or number.