Research Article
[Retracted] Quantitative Relationship between the Degree of Lumbar Disc Degeneration and Intervertebral Disc Height in Patients with Low Back Pain
Table 1
Basic demographic data of the subjects. These results were expressed as mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise stated.
| | Characteristics | Value |
| | Age (years) | 49.7 ± 7.8 | | Sex, n (%) female | 53 (62.4) | | Body mass index (kg/m 2 ) | 28.5 ± 7.3 |
| | Disc degeneration grade, n (%) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | L1/2 | 1 (1.2) | 59 (69.4) | 20 (23.5) | 5 (5.9) | 0 (0) | | L2/3 | 0 (0) | 47 (55.3) | 29 (34.1) | 8 (9.4) | 1 (1.2) | | L3/4 | 0 (0) | 32 (37.6) | 43 (50.6) | 10 (11.8) | 0 (0) | | L4/5 | 0 (0) | 14 (16.5) | 35 (41.2) | 35 (41.2) | 1 (1.2) | | L5/S1 | 1 (1.2) | 25 (29.4) | 28 (32.9) | 24 (28.2) | 7 (8.2) |
| | Lumbosacral and lumbar disc height (mm) | | L1/2 | 9.7 ± 1.1 | | L2/3 | 10.8 ± 1.4 | | L3/4 | 11.6 ± 1.6 | | L4/5 | 11.3 ± 1.8 | | L5/S1 | 10.2 ± 2.2 |
| | VAS score, n (%) | | ≤3 | 13(15.3) | | 4–6 | 49(57.6) | | 7–10 | 23(27.1) |
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