One-year follow-up of conservative and surgical treatment results for patients diagnosed with lumbar spinal stenosis

Table 2 Comparison of demographic characteristics in two groups

		Surgery group		Conservative group		P value
		n (%)	Median	n (%)	Median
Age (mean ± SD)		63.7 ± 6.80	63.5	67.1 ± 7.4	68.5	0.0961
Sex	Female	12 (60.0)		13 (55.0)		0.0742
	Male	8 (40.0)		7 (35.0)
Occupation	Unemployed	15 (75.0)		18 (90.0)		0.2122
	Active worker	5 (25.0)		2 (10.0)
Educational status
Uneducated		1 (5.0)		0 (0.0)		0.7442
Primary school		6 (30.0)		8 (40.0)
Middle school		5 (25.0)		5 (25.0)
High school		7 (35.0)		5 (25.0)
University		1 (5.0)		2 (10.0)
Incontinence	(-)	10 (50.0)		17 (85.0)		0.0182
	(+)	10 (50.0)		3 (15.0)
Spinous process sensitivity	(-)	13 (65.0)		17 (85.0)		0.1442
	(+)	7 (35.0)		3 (15.0)
Paravertebral Muscle spasm	(-)	3 (15.0)		7 (35.0)		0.1442
	(+)	17 (85.0)		13 (65.0)
Duration of pain (mean ± SD)		194.0 ± 153.3	120.0	238.3 ± 123.1	200.0	0.1791
Hand-ground distance (mean ± SD)		32.5 ± 21.9	30.0	10.8 ± 13.1	6.0	0.0011

¹Mann-Whitney U test.

²χ² test.