Characteristic feature of participants (n=190) according to their finding of piriformis syndrome (PS) severity
| Characteristics | N (%) | PS health status | PS health status | ||||
| Mild | Moderate | Severe | Healthy | Severe | Non-severe | ||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 71 (37.4) | 5 (7.0) | 12 (16.9) | 32 (45.1) | 22 (31.0) | 32 (45.1) | 39 (54.9) |
| Female | 119 (62.6) | 17 (14.3) | 21 (17.6) | 29 (24.4) | 52 (43.7) | 29 (24.4) | 90 (75.6) |
| P value | 0.020* | 0.003* | |||||
| Age category | |||||||
| 18–21 | 76 (40.4) | 11 (14.5) | 16 (21.1) | 15 (19.7) | 34 (44.7) | 15 (19.7) | 61 (80.3) |
| 22–25 | 114 (60.0) | 11 (9.6) | 17 (14.9) | 46 (40.4) | 40 (35.1) | 46 (40.4) | 68 (59.6) |
| P value | 0.029* | 0.003* | |||||
| BMI category | |||||||
| Underweight | 39 (20.5) | 8 (20.5) | 7 (17.9) | 14 (35.9) | 10 (25.6) | 14 (35.9) | 25 (64.1) |
| Normal | 125 (65.8) | 12 (9.6) | 26 (20.8) | 35 (28.0) | 52 (41.6) | 35 (28.0) | 90 (72.0) |
| Overweight | 20 (10.5) | 2 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (50.0) | 8 (40.0) | 10 (50.0) | 10 (50.0) |
| Obese grade 1 | 6 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.6) | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.6) |
| P value | 0.067† | 0.244† | |||||
*χ2 test.
†Fisher’s exact test.
BMI, body mass index.