Table 2.

Association with outcome (improvement) Modic I vs. no Modic changes and Modic I vs. Modic II

	Modic I vs. No Modic Changes		Modic I vs. Modic II
	Unadjusted OR (95 % CI)	Adjusted OR (95 % CI)	Unadjusted OR (95 % CI)	Adjusted OR (95 % CI)
1 Day	1.30 (0.69–2.44)	0.94 (0.48–1.86)	0.74 (0.37–1.49)	0.79 (0.37–1.57)
1 Week	0.82 (0.44–1.51)	0.69 (0.35–1.33)	0.89 (0.44–1.79)	0.94 (0.46–1.90)
1 Month	0.73 (0.39–1.39)	0.68 (0.35–1.32)	0.91 (0.44–1.90)	0.90 (0.43–1.89)

Unadjusted and adjusted (age and gender) odds ratios (OR) with 95 % confident interval (CI) for the association with improvement between Modic change type I and no Modic changes as well as Modic I compared to Modic II at the various time points