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. 2012 Dec 14;22(5):1045–1052. doi: 10.1007/s00586-012-2612-5

Table 2.

Association of facet tropism in cases (HNP) and control group at individual level (L3–L4, L4–L5, L5–S1)

Level HNP Tropism p value
Present Absent
L3–L4 Yes 0 0 0
No 4 0 4
L4–L5 Yes 25 6 19 0.145
No 35 3 32
L5–S1 Yes 35 13 22 0.0094
No 21 1 20