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

Table 5

Variables that significantly associate with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (males and females listed separately).

	OR	(CI) 95%	value
Males
BMI	1.135	1.027-1.256	0.013
Age	1.066	1.022-1.629	0.002
VL L1	1.273	1.094-1.481	0.002
AP L5	0.474	0.364-0.618	<0.001
Beveling L2	0.919	0.852–0.991	0.028
Beveling L4	0.930	0.873-0.990	0.023
LI L3	0.901	0.822-0.987	0.025
Females
BMI	1.106	1.018-1.201	0.017
Age	1.056	1.010–1.105	0.016
VL L1	1.473	1.164-1.864	0.001
AP L4	0.490	0.327-0.734	0.001
AP L5	0.664	0.493-0.895	0.007
LI L1	0.856	0.761-0.963	0.010

VW: vertebral width; AP: anterior-posterior; LI: laminar inclination; VL: vertebral length.