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. 2012 Mar 21;21(11):2128–2133. doi: 10.1007/s00586-012-2239-6

Table 1.

Degenerative cascade in the lower lumbar spine in the entire cohort

Mean Sd p value
L34 Pfirrmann 1.88 0.94 0.0006
L45 Pfirrmann 2.75 1.14 <0.0001
L5S1 Pfirrmann 4.44 0.62
L34 facet angle 50.9 8.9 0.001
L45 facet angle 57.9 8.3
L34 facet score 8 2.1 0.0001
L45 facet score 10.5 2.4