Are the determinants of vertebral endplate changes and severe disc degeneration in the lumbar spine the same? A magnetic resonance imaging study in middle-aged male workers

Table 2 Number (proportion) of MRI findings among train engineers and sedentary factory workers.

	Train engineers N = 159		Factory workers N = 69
	N	%	N	%	P value ¹
Modic changes
Type I	26	27%	7	20%	0.502
Type II	45	39%	27	49%	0.246
Pfirrmann grade V degeneration	48	30%	17	24%	0.237

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