Table 3 Scores of the features that were involved in the DTs for males and females independently

Male

AP L5

1

L4 Vertebral height anterior

0.496

Mean density multifidus

0.325

Inter-laminar angle L5

0.197

Spinous process inclination L3

0.202

Mean pedicle height L4

0.117

Mean facet orientation L2-3

0.125

Spino-transverse area

0.285

L4 vertebral height middle

0.113

Spinous process inclination L4

0.150

Mean facet orientation L4-5

0.292

CSA of bony canal L5

0.533

L2 vertebral width

0.261

L5 vertebral height anterior

0.398

Female

AP L4

0.938

L3 vertebral height middle

0.095

CSA of bony canal L5

0.674

Mean lamina inclination L2

0.196

L1 vertebral length

0.232

CSA of erector spinae

0.242

L3 Vertebral height anterior

0.192

Mean lamina inclination L1

0.223

AP L1

0.096