Table 1.

Demographic details of Intervertebral disc donors.

Sample	Sex	Age (years)	Thompson’s grade	Pain Score	Relative disc Ccl2 mRNA
1	M	50	I	0	1.0
2	M	60	I	0	1.2
3	F	51	I	1	2.5
4	M	55	I	2	2.8
5	F	70	II	1	3.6
6	F	45	II	2	4.1
7	M	56	II	2	5.0
8	M	69	II	2	5.5
9	F	65	II	3	3.7
10	M	62	II	3	6.2
11	F	58	II	4	6.6
12	F	66	III	3	7.0
13	M	49	III	3	5.5
14	F	64	III	4	7.9
15	M	67	III	4	7.6
16	F	47	III	5	6.8
17	M	61	III	5	5.9
18	M	70	III	6	5.1
19	M	52	IV	3	4.6
20	F	68	IV	4	6.6
21	M	44	IV	5	5.3
22	F	57	IV	5	6.3
23	F	63	IV	6	6.6
24	M	71	IV	6	5.7
25	M	59	IV	6	7.6
26	F	46	IV	7	7.2
27	M	54	V	5	7.4
28	F	65	V	6	6.8
29	M	48	V	6	6.1
30	M	69	V	7	7.4