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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Nov 15;38(24):10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182a59453. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182a59453

Table 1.

Correlations between Pfirrmann Grade and T2* imaging parameters

Pfirrmann Grade
r p
Transition Zone Slope −0.604 <0.001*
T2* Intensity Area −0.774 <0.001*
ROI 1 0.001 0.996
ROI 2 −0.698 <0.001*
ROI 3 −0.821 <0.001*
ROI 4 −0.737 <0.001*
ROI 5 −0.381 <0.001*

(r: Pearson’s correlation coefficient; p: p-value * represents significance at p=0.05.).