Research Article
Impact of Obesity and Underweight on Surgical Outcome of Lumbar Disc Herniation
Table 3
Intergroupcomparisonin terms of pain and disability improvement.
| Group | Improvement | | value |
| Underweight | | | | Obese | VAS leg | 0.74 | 0.45 | VAS lumbar | 0.46 | 0.64 | ODI | 1.4 | 0.88 | Overweight | VAS leg | 1.1 | 0.25 | VAS lumbar | 1.7 | 0.08 | ODI | 1.5 | 0.13 | Normal | VAS leg | 2.8 | 0.005* | VAS lumbar | 3.4 | 0.001* | ODI | 2.47 | 0.013* | Obese | | | | Overweight | VAS leg | 0.44 | 0.65 | VAS lumbar | 0.25 | 0.72 | ODI | 1.49 | 0.13 | Normal | VAS leg | 2.1 | 0.03* | VAS lumbar | 2.34 | 0.01* | ODI | 2.03 | 0.04* | Overweight | | | | Normal | VAS leg | 1.84 | 0.06 | VAS lumbar | 2.62 | 0.09 | ODI | 0.95 | 0.34 |
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Statistically significant.
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