From: Characteristics and natural course of vertebral endplate signal (Modic) changes in the Danish general population
Type of VESC
N(%)
Size of VESC
Type 1
Type 2
Mixed types
EP only
<25%
25–50%
>50%
New VESC (n = 195)
166 (85)
21 (11)
8 (4)
93 (48)
74 (38)
23 (12)
5 (3)
Disappeared (n = 84)
80 (95)
1 (1)
3 (3)
64 (76)
14 (17)
4 (5)
2 (2)