Table 5

Pearson’s correlation study between radiation exposure and other variables.

Variables ComparedO-Arm GroupSurgivisio GroupOverall
r Value (95% CI) P r Value (95% CI) P r Value (95% CI) P
E and age−0.37 (−0.59; −0.10) <0.01 0.25 (−0.03; 0.50)0.080.12 (−0.08; 0.31)0.25
E and BMI0.17 (−0.12; 0.43)0.250.01 (−0.27; 0.29)0.940.12 (−0.08; 0.31)0.24
E and operative time0.23 (−0.05; 0.48)0.110.03 (−0.25; 0.30)0.850.13 (−0.07; 0.32)0.21
E and operative time per level−0.11 (−0.38; 0.17)0.45−0.08 (−0.35; 0.21)0.600.04 (−0.16; 0.23)0.73
E 2D and operative time0.15 (−0.14; 0.41)0.31−0.01 (−0.29; 0.27)0.95−0.01 (−0.21; 0.19)0.93
E 2D and operative per level−0.11 (−0.38; 0.17)0.45−0.00 (−0.28; 0.28)0.98−0.13 (−0.32; 0.07)0.20
E and imaging duration0.40 (0.14; 0.61) <0.01 0.27 (−0.01; 0.51)0.06−0.33 (−0.50; −0.15) <0.01
E 2D and imaging duration0.78 (0.63; 0.87) <0.01 0.20 (−0.09; 0.45)0.180.49 (0.33; 0.63)0.33
E 2D and E 3D 0.39 (0.12; 0.60) <0.01 0.53 (0.30; 0.71) <0.01 −0.10 (−0.29; 0.10)0.33
  • Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index;2D, 2-dimensional; 3D, 3-dimensional; E, effective dose.

  • Note: Boldface indicates statistically significant findings.