Quality of life results of balloon kyphoplasty versus non surgical management for osteoporotic vertebral fractures in Germany

Table 3 Mean RMDQ for BKP and NSM: differences between and within groups

	BKP group		NSM group		BKP vs NSM
RMDQ score	RMDQ	Decrease from baseline (p-value Wilcoxon-test)	RMDQ	Decrease from baseline (p-value Wilcoxon-test)	p-value of difference
Baseline	15.18		14.37		p = 0.318
3 months	10.27	4.91 (p = 0.000*)	14.40	-0.03 ◊ (p = 0.392)	p = 0.004*
6 months	8.77	6.41 (p = 0.000*)	14.00	0.37 (p = 0.391)	p = 0.000*
12 months	8.93	6.25 (p = 0.000*)	13.66	0.71 (p = 0.370)	p = 0.001*

An asterisk * means that difference between treatment groups or time points are statistically significant. A † means statistically significant difference from baseline. A ◊ means, the RMDQ worsens from baseline.

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