Table 1

Characteristics of enrolled subjects in INSITE and SIFI.

CharacteristicNon-Surgical Management (n=46)SI Joint Fusion (n=274)*P-value**
Age, mean (SD, range)
=65 years old, n (%)
53.8 (10.6, 29.5-71.1)
8 (17.4%)
50.6 (11.3, 23.5-71.7)
32 (11.7%)
0.7245
0.3325
Women, n (% female)28 (60.9%)195 (71.2%)0.1684
Race, n (%)
White
Black
American Indian
Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
Other
43 (93.5%)
2 (4.3%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
1 (2.2%)
263 (96.0%)
5 (1.8%)
1 (0.4%)
1 (0.4%)
4 (1.5%)
0.4786
Ethnicity Hispanic or Latino, n (%)4 (8.7%)11 (4.0%)0.2459
Body mass index, mean (SD, range)30.6 (6.6, 19.4-48.9)29.7 (6.5, 14.1-51.0)0.1549
Smoking status, n (%) Current smoker Former smoker Never smoker3 (6.5%) 13 (28.3%) 30 (65.2%)70 (25.5%) 79 (28.8%) 125 (45.6%)0.0050
Condition
DS
SD
18 (39.1%)
28 (60.9%)
79 (28.8%)
195 (71.2%)
0.4132
Prior lumbar fusion (n, %)17 (37.0%)116 (42.3%)0.5222
Years of pain, mean (range)5.0 (0.5-38.9)5.8 (0.4-41.1)0.1059
VAS SI joint pain score, mean (±SD)82.3 (10.0)80.7 (12.6)0.0589
ODI score, mean (±SD)56.2 (14.3)56.0 (11.9)0.2422
  • * Combines INSITE (n=102) and SIFI (n=172)

  • ** Fisher p-value for ordinal variables; t test for continuous variables