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Table 1 Main characteristics of 4 subgroups in DCM patients

From: Evaluation of microstructural changes in spinal cord of patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy by diffusion kurtosis imaging and investigate the correlation with JOA score

Parameter

Mild

Moderate

Severe

Serious

P-values

Sex

    

0.805

 Men

5

9

13

8

 

 Female

4

5

6

7

 

Mean age(y)

44.67±13.32

47.43±13.01

50.05±10.64

48.73±11.66

0.722

Median JOA score (range)

15 (13–15)

10.5 (9–11)

6 (5–8)

3 (1–4)

<.001

Mean no. Of cervical spinal cord

0

0

0

0

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