Administration of N-Acetylcysteine to Regress the Fibrogenic and Proinflammatory Effects of Oxidative Stress in Hypertrophic Ligamentum Flavum Cells

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

	LDH	LSS
Number	24	28
Sex (male/female)	17/7	8/20	<0.005
Age (years)			< 0.001
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.707
DM	7/24	4/28	0.19
HTN	6/24	12/28	0.177
Respiratory disease^#	1/24	1/28	0.911
Smoking	6/24	3/28	0.175
LF thickness (mm)			<0.001

value generated using a chi-square test or independent -test; ^#respiratory diseases including asthma and bronchiectasis; LDH: lumbar disc herniation; LSS: lumbar spinal stenosis; BMI: body mass index; DM: diabetes mellitus; HTN: hypertension.