Meta-Analysis and Data Mining-Based Study on the Expression Characteristics of Inflammatory Factors and Causes of Recurrence in Spinal Tuberculosis

Table 4

Data mining results for the dataset.

Variables	BS()	NPS()	TBS()		P
Epidural abscess-characteristic 1				2.790	0.248
Absent	39(36.11%)	16(14.81%)	53(49.07%)
Yes	1(10.00%)	2(20.00%)	7(70.00%)
Type of vertebral bone destruction-characteristic 2				38.856	0.001
Granuloma	28(63.64%)^a	9(20.45%)^a	7(15.91%)^b
Confined abscess	11(19.30%)^a	8(14.04%)^a,b	38(66.67%)^b
Lytic abscess	1(5.88%)^a	1(5.88%)^a,b	15(88.24%)^b
Paravertebral lesion-feature 3				45.630	0.001
Restricted granuloma	22(62.86%)^a	7(20.00%)^a	6(17.14%)^b
Spreading granuloma	2(66.67%)^a	0(0.00%)^a	1(33.33%)^a
Confined abscess	15(32.61%)^a	10(21.74%)^a	21(45.65%)^a
Spreading abscess	1(2.94%)^a	1(2.94%)^a	32(94.12%)^b