Table 1:

Patient characteristicsa

Group AGroup BP Value
Age (yr)b44.0 (SD, 14.3)44.6 (SD, 15.2).898
Sexc.990
 Female911
 Male1316
Sensory disturbance100% (22/22)88.9% (24/27).242
Motor disturbance90.9% (20/22)77.8% (21/27).269
Reflex abnormality68.2% (15/22)66.7% (18/27).910
Urogenital disturbance72.7% (16/22)33.3% (9/27).005d
Back pain9.1% (2/22)11.1% (3/27)1.000

  • ↵a Unless otherwise indicated, data are percentages, with numbers of patients in parentheses.

  • ↵b Age is presented as the mean.

  • ↵c Data are numbers of patients.

  • ↵d The clinical features of groups A and B showed statistically significant differences (P < .05).