Table 3 Radiographic measures of cervical spine stratified by sex and age strata.

From: Prevalence of cervical anterior and posterior spondylolisthesis and its association with degenerative cervical myelopathy in a general population

Radiographic measures

Age strata

Diameter of cervical spinal canal (mm)

KL grade % (N)

Anterior spondylolisthesis

Posterior spondylolisthesis

≥3

≥4

(%)

(%)

Men

  Overall

14.8 ± 1.3

80.3 (256)

53.9 (172)

6

13.2

  <50

15.2 ± 1.3

38.9 (14)

16.7 (6)

0

5.6

  50–59

14.8 ± 1.7

80.7 (46)

38.6 (22)

0

8.8

  60–69

14.9 ± 1.2

81.5 (53)

52.3 (34)

6.2

12.3

  70–79

14.8 ± 1.2

85.4 (76)

67.4 (60)

10.1

18

  ≥80

14.4 ± 1.1

93.1 (67)

69.4 (50)

8.3

15.3

Women

  Overall

14.1 ± 1.2

79.7 (510)

48.1 (308)

6.3

8.9

  <50

14.5 ± 1.3

52.3 (45)

17.4 (15)

3.5

1.2

  50–59

14.4 ± 1.3

78.4 (91)

41.4 (48)

2.6

9.5

  60–69

14.1 ± 1.1

79.7 (126)

51.3 (81)

4.4

9.5

  70–79

13.9 ± 1.1

86.1 (142)

57.6 (95)

9.7

10.3

  ≥80

13.8 ± 1.0

92.2 (106)

60.0 (69)

9.6

11.3

  1. N = number.
  2. Otherwise indicated, values are mean ± standard deviation (SD) for each age strata in men and women.