Research Article

A Nomogram for Predicting the Residual Back Pain after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures

Table 2

Comparisons of baseline between patients between group N and group R.

ParameterGroup N (n = 231)Group R (n = 37)t/χ2 value

Gender
 Male46 (19.9%)7 (18.9%)0.020.888
 Female185 (80.1%)30 (81.1%)
Nationality
 Han204 (88.3%)34 (91.9%)0.4110.521
 Hui27 (11.7%)3 (8.1%)
Age (years)
 <6012 (5.2%)2 (5.4%)0.0290.999
 60∼7086 (37.2%)14 (37.8%)
 70∼8093 (40.3%)15 (40.5%)
 >8040 (17.3%)6 (16.2%)
Diabetes history (%)
 No (cases)205 (88.7%)35 (94.6%)1.1670.28
 Yes (cases)26 (11.3%)2 (5.4%)
Hypertension history (%)
 No (cases)121 (52.4%)20 (54.1%)0.0360.85
 Yes (cases)110 (47.6%)17 (45.9%)
Fracture history(%)
 No (cases)198 (85.7%)32 (86.5%)0.0160.901
 Yes (cases)33 (14.3%)5 (13.5%)
Augmentation position
 T4–T1021 (9.1%)2 (5.4%)0.5520.759
 T11-L2114 (49.4%)19 (51.4%)
 L3–L596 (41.6%)16 (43.2%)
BMI (kg/m2)23.92 ± 3.6123.66 ± 3.270.4110.681
Bone mineral density (T score)−3.27 ± 0.87−3.32 ± 0.930.3280.743