The Role of Vertebral Morphometry in the Pathogenesis of Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Table 1

Age, BMI and vertebral body length (VL), width (VW), and beveling of the study groups (control vs. stenosis) by lumbar level.

Variables	Males			Females
	Control ()	Stenosis ()	value	Control ()	Stenosis ()	value
Age (years)			0.066			0.800
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.021			<0.001
VL L1 (mm)			0.003			<0.001
VL L2 (mm)			<0.001			<0.001
VL L3(mm)			<0.001			<0.001
VL L4 (mm)			0.001			<0.001
VL L5 (mm)			<0.001			<0.001
VW L1 (mm)			0.009			0.006
VW L2 (mm)			<0.001			0.003
VW L3 (mm)			<0.001			0.002
VW L4 (mm)			<0.001			0.001
VW L5 (mm)			0.002			<0.001

BMI: body mass index; SD: standard deviation.