From: Correlation between facet tropism and lumbar degenerative disease: a retrospective analysis
spinal level | Disc herniation | facet tropism | χ2 | p | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
YES | NO | |||||
L3–4 | YES | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0.238 | 0.625 |
NO | 78 | 14 | 64 | |||
L4–5 | YES | 44 | 19 | 25 | 10.448 | 0.001 |
NO | 42 | 5 | 37 | |||
L5-S1 | YES | 34 | 24 | 10 | 22.683 | 0.000 |
NO | 52 | 10 | 42 |