Factors associated with lumbar spinal stenosis in a large-scale, population-based cohort: The Wakayama Spine Study.

Takahiro MaedaHiroshi HashizumeNoriko YoshimuraHiroyuki OkaYuyu IshimotoKeiji NagataMasanari TakamiShunji TsutsuiHiroshi IwasakiAkihito MinamideYukihiro NakagawaYasutsugu YukawaShigeyuki MurakiSakae TanakaHiroshi YamadaMunehito Yoshida

Published in: PloS one (2018)

DM and low ABIs are significantly associated with sLSS in patients with moderate radiographic stenosis. Neither factor is associated with sLSS in patients with severe stenosis. Notably, the effects of intrinsic factors on symptomology may be masked when anatomic stenosis is severe.

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