Identifying the Characteristics of Patients With Cervical Degenerative Disease for Surgical Treatment From 17-Year Real-World Data: Retrospective Study.

JMIR Med Inform · 2020 · PMC7165306 · PMID 32242824

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However, interestingly, the proportion of surgeries performed among female patients showed an increasing trend ( P <.001), leading to a narrowing sex gap.

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We found that the male-to-female ratio among the patients who underwent surgery for CDD showed a decreasing trend (male-to-female ratio [monthly], linear regression: P <.001) ( Figure 6 ).

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