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Table 3 The correlation among disc height index, histological score, total NP GAGs and T1ρ values (Sperman rank correlation coefficient, rho)

From: In vivo experimental intervertebral disc degeneration induced by bleomycin in the rhesus monkey

 

% DHI

Histological score

Total NP GAGs

T1ρ values of NP

0.601

-0.761

0.740

 

P < 0.0001

P < 0.0001

P < 0.0001

T1ρ values of AF

0.630

-0.729

0.582

 

P < 0.0001

P = 0.0003

P = 0.02

  1. NP = nucleus pulposus; AF = annulus fibrosus; % DHI = change in disc height index.
  2. GAGs = glycosaminoglycans.