| |
No Modic changes (N = 85) %
|
Modic I (N = 83) %
|
Modic II (N = 58) %
|
Modic positive (Modic I and II) (N = 141) %
|
P value
|
|---|
|
Improved 1 Day
|
33.7 %
|
39.8 %
|
32.8 %
|
36.9 %
|
0.64
|
|
Improved 1 Week
|
41.5 %
|
40.2 %
|
37.5 %
|
39.1 %
|
0.37
|
|
Improved 1 Month
|
45.2 %
|
34.2 %
|
32.1 %
|
33.3 %
|
0.23
|
|
Worse 1 Day
|
10.8 %
|
9.6 %
|
5.1 %
|
7.7 %
|
0.44
|
|
Worse 1 Week
|
14.3 %
|
13.4 %
|
10.8 %
|
12.2 %
|
0.67
|
|
Worse 1 Month
|
17.0 %
|
14.0 %
|
16.1 %
|
14.8 %
|
0.66
|
- Comparison of the proportion of patients with and without Modic changes reporting clinically relevant “improvement” or “worsening” at 1 day, 1 week and 1 month
