Table 2.

Sex distribution of endplate morphology and vertebral level

	Ex-centric		Flat		Oblong
	Male (%)	Female (%)	Male (%)	Female (%)	Male (%)	Female (%)
L3 IEP	26 (37.7)	39 (37.1)	4 (5.8)	6 (5.7)	39 (56.5)	60 (57.2)
L4 SEP	33 (47.8)	49 (46.7)	6 (8.7)	11 (10.5)	30 (43.5)	45 (42.8)
L4 IEP	47 (68.1)	62 (59.0)	3 (4.3)	10 (9.5)	19 (27.6)	33 (31.5)
L5 SEP	42 (60.9)	65 (61.9)	19 (27.5)	24 (22.9)	8 (11.6)	16 (15.2)
L5 IEP	66 (95.7)	98 (93.3)	1 (1.4)	2 (1.9)	2 (2.9)	5 (4.8)
S1 SEP	12 (17.4)	14 (13.3)	56 (81.2)	91 (86.7)	1 (1.4)	0

Averages of total in brackets