Table 2. Pairwise associations between MRI abnormalities.
Associations are summarised by odds ratios, adjusted for sex and age (five bands), with 95% CIs in round brackets. Figures in square brackets indicate the numbers of subjects with both of the MRI abnormalities.
| HIZ | Disc degeneration |
Disc herniation |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Disc degeneration | 2.9 (1.8,4.6) [122] |
||
| Disc herniation | 3.0 (1.8,4.7) [167] |
2.3 (1.4,3.7) [120] |
|
| Nerve root deviation/compression | 1.9 (1.2,3.0) [115] |
2.1 (1.4,3.3) [89] |
10.6 (5.8,19.3) [146] |