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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 5.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Jun 15;37(14):1224–1230. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31824b2450

TABLE 1.

Degenerative Grade According to Pfirrmann Scale, Sex, and Disc Level of the Lumbar Intervertebral Discs of Healthy Young Adults Analyzed in Study

Degeneration Grades Sex Disc Levels Total
Male Female L1–L2 L2–L3 L3–L4 L4–L5 L5–S1
1 87 71 30 30 38 32 28 158
2 54 54 25 29 20 16 18 108
3 20 17 8 4 4 9 12 37
4 8 3 0 0 1 5 5 11
5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Total 170 145 63 63 63 63 63 315