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Table 2 Radiographic evaluation of fatty infiltration

From: Comparison of multifidus degeneration between scoliosis and lumbar disc herniation

 

Scoliosis

  

LDH

  

Scores

Concavity

Convexity

P-value

Affected side

Unaffected side

P-value

Fatty area (pixels)

1006.84 ± 93.38

807.11 ± 42.51

< 0.001¶

714.52 ± 106.46

703.31 ± 116.97

0.683¶

CSA (pixels)

4008.72 ± 210.25

4034.11 ± 214.83

0.109¶

4996.10 ± 178.93

5015.88 ± 191.29

0.158¶

FIR (%)

25.07 ± 1.11

20.01 ± 0.41

< 0.001¶

14.25 ± 1.63

14.02 ± 2.24

0.668¶

  1. Data were presented as mean ± SD.
  2. LDH, lumbar disc herniation; CSA, cross-sectional area; FA, fatty area; FIR, fatty infiltration rate;
  3. ¶, Paired t test