The Effect of Parkinson’s Disease on Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgery

Table 2

Patients with and without PD undergoing lumbar spine surgery.

Demographics	No PD	PD	value
Mean age	58.9	70.7	<0.0001
Age groups			<0.0001
0–44	18.53	0.45
45–64	42.09	21.57
>65	39.31	77.94
Gender
Male	47.07	58.61	<0.0001
Female	52.93	41.39	<0.0001
Race			<0.0001
White	65.08	69.81
Black	4.87	1.42
Hispanic	4.17	3.75
Asian	0.78	1.31
Native American	0.29	0.15
Other	1.75	1.62
Missing	23.06	21.93
Insurance			<0.0001
Medicare	41.13	77.66
Medicaid	6.37	3.50
Private	41.96	17.04
Uninsured	0.83	0.34
Other	9.52	1.35
Missing	0.19	0.11
Procedures
Lumbar fusion	53.98	40.56	<0.0001
Lumbar decompression without fusion	42.23	55.42	<0.0001
Lumbar fusion revision	3.79	4.02	0.488
Modified Elixhauser index	0.32	0.70	<0.0001

PD: Parkinson’s disease.