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Table 4 Pathological features

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

Variable (n, %)

Scoliosis

LDH

P-value

 

(n = 24)

(n = 26)

 

Rimmed vacuoles

5 (20.8%)

7 (26.9%)

0.614§

Type I fiber predominance

0

2 (7.7%)

0.491$

Nuclear aggregation

2 (8.3%)

0

0.469$

Abnormal enzyme activity

   

Adenosine monophosphate

0

1 (3.8%)

1$

Adenosine triphosphate cyclase

2 (8.3%)

0

0.225$

Acid phosphatase

0

1 (3.8%)

1$

NADH dehydrogenase

1 (4.2%)

2 (7.7%)

1$

Cytochrome C oxidase staining enzymes

1 (4.2%)

1 (3.8%)

1$

Succinate dehydrogenase

0

1 (3.8%)

1$

  1. Data were presented as number (percentage)
  2. §, Pearson Chi-square test; $, Fisher’s exact test