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Table. 1 Demographic and baseline data

From: Is there a difference in the outcomes of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion among female patients with different menopausal statuses?

Variables Premenopausal group Early postmenopausal group Late postmenopausal group P value
No. of patients (n) 38 28 25  
Age (years) 43.82 (5.32) 54.89 (4.20) 66.76 (4.27) < 0.001
Intraoperative time (min) 120.00 (120.00–180.00) 120.00 (120.00–120.00) 120.00 (120.00–180.00) 0.399
Blood loss (ml) 50.00 (30.00–50.00) 50.00 (32.50–75.00) 50.00 (30.00–55.00) 0.595
Follow-up period (month) 15.50 (12.00–24.75) 12.00 (12.00–18.00) 12.00 (12.00–24.00) 0.312
BMI (kg/m2) 22.40 (20.83–24.56) 23.66 (20.55–25.76) 23.83 (22.27–27.12) 0.165
BMD T value 0.81 (1.16) − 1.40 (0.98) − 1.61 (1.09) < 0.001
Surgery type 0.713
 1 level 22 16 12  
 2 level 16 12 13
Serum calcium (mmol/l) 2.26 (2.21–2.32) 2.31 (2.24–2.39) 2.30 (2.25–2.38) 0.027
Serum phosphate (mmol/l) 1.12 (1.05–1.21) 1.18 (1.07–1.33) 1.08 (1.04–1.19) 0.141
Serum magnesium (mmol/l) 0.87 (0.85–0.90) 0.88 (0.83–0.93) 0.89 (0.87–0.92) 0.162
  1. Noncontinuous variables are presented as the number of patients, and continuous variables are presented as the mean (SD) for normally distributed data or as the median (interquartile range) for nonnormally distributed data