Table 1 Subject demographics (n = 57)
Age (years) | 49.7 (7.9) |
Gender (n, % female) | 42 (73.7) |
Weight (kg) | 78.3 (18.4) |
Height (cm) | 166 (9.11) |
BMI (kgm−2) | 28.6 (6.7) |
Chronic low back pain grade | |
0 - None | 13 (22.8) |
1- Low | 30 (52.6) |
2 - High | 14 (24.6) |
Disc height (mm) | |
L1/2 | 9.7 (1.7) |
L2/3 | 11.1 (2.0) |
L3/4 | 11.8 (2.2) |
L4/5 | 11.5 (2.5) |
L5/S1 | 10.4 (2.9) |
Average disc height | 10.9 (1.6) |
Total disc height | 54.8 (8.2) |
Modic grade 2 (%) | |
L1 | 1 (1.8) |
L2 | 0 (0) |
L3 | 3 (5.3) |
L4 | 11 (19.3) |
L5 | 12 (21.1) |
S1 | 5 (8.8) |
Modic type 2 change in vertebrae adjacent to disc | |
L1 or L2 | 1 (1.8) |
L2 or L3 | 4 (7.0) |
L3 or L4 | 12 (21.2) |
L4 or L5 | 16 (28.1) |
L5 or S1 | 12 (21.1) |
Any Modic change in lumbar vertebrae | 18 (31.6) |
DEXA measures | |
Fat mass index (kg m −2 ) | 10.8 (6.1) |
Fat free mass index (kg m −2 ) | 18.1 (2.6) |
% Gynoid fat | 20.2 (3.7) |
% Android fat | 8.8 (1.9) |