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Table 2 Significant differences found on the descriptive statistics of the histogram between pathology and severity groups

From: MRI signal distribution within the intervertebral disc as a biomarker of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and spondylolisthesis

 

Region of interest

Standard deviation

Standard error

Kolmogorov-Smirnov distance

75th percentile

Median

Maximal voxelcount in anintensity interval

Sum ofsquaredvalues

Skewness

Control/Scoliosis

CSF normalization

AF

**

**

**

**

 

**

  
 

NP

*

*

**

     

Bone normalization

AF

*

*

**

**

**

**

  
 

NP

  

*

     

Control/Spondylolisthesis

CSF normalization

AF

**

**

**

**

 

**

  

Bone normalization

AF

*

*

**

**

**

**

  

Scoliosis/Spondylolisthesis

Bone normalization

IVD

  

*

     

Severity low/high

CSF normalization

AF

  

*

     

Bone normalization

IVD

*

*

    

*

*

 

AF

       

*

  1. Results were considered significant (*) for p < 0.05 and highly significant (**) for p ≤ 0.001.