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World J Psychiatry. Nov 19, 2026; 16(11): 123546
Published online Nov 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.123546
Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of patients in the anxiety and non-anxiety groups, n (%)
Variable
Anxiety group (n = 47)
Non-anxiety group (n = 133)
P value
Age (years)48.6 ± 11.346.9 ± 12.10.408
Sex (male/female)25/2274/590.763
BMI (kg/m2)24.8 ± 3.224.3 ± 3.50.392
Smoking status14 (29.8)32 (24.1)0.438
Duration of symptoms (months)8.4 ± 5.66.5 ± 4.80.021
Herniation level0.651
    L3/43 (6.4)10 (7.5)
    L4/526 (55.3)68 (51.1)
    L5/S118 (38.3)55 (41.4)
ASA class (I/II/III)18/24/556/64/130.812
Operative time (min)62.4 ± 15.858.7 ± 14.20.138
Intraoperative blood loss (mL)18.3 ± 8.616.5 ± 7.90.192
Preoperative VAS-back pain5.8 ± 1.95.3 ± 1.70.092
Preoperative VAS-leg pain7.1 ± 1.66.4 ± 1.80.014
Preoperative ODI (%)58.6 ± 14.252.1 ± 13.80.008
Hospital stay (days)2.8 ± 1.12.5 ± 0.90.072


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