Table 3: Patients who participated in the study classified by age. X2 analysis to test H0: There is not statistically significant difference between age range of patients who received treatment (physical therapy, ozone and intravenous injections) to reduce the low back pain at a significance level of P < 0.05 using 7 as degrees of freedom (v).

Treatment success
Age range Yes n (%) No n (%) Total P value X2 calculated X2 table H0
11 to 20 10 (1%) 3 (0.3%) 13 (1.3%) 0.3194 8.1508 14.0671 Accepted
21 to 30 68 (6.8%) 18 (1.8%) 86 (8.6%)
31 to 40 94 (9.4%) 32 (3.2%) 126 (12.6%)
41 to 50 114 (11.4%) 37 (3.7%) 151 (15.1%)
51 to 60 129 (12.9%) 55 (5.5%) 184 (18.4%)
61 to 70 205 (20.5%) 67 (6.7%) 272 (27.2%)
71 to 80 87 (8.7%) 46 (4.6%) 133 (13.3%)
81 to 90 24 (2.4%) 11 (1.1%) 35 (3.5%)
Total 731 (73.1%) 269 (26.9%) 1,000 (100%)