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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Spine J. 2017 Oct 12;18(2):343–356. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2017.09.018

Table 1.

Summary of human intervertebral disc specimens (12 IVDs from 6 cadavers).

Degeneration Degenerative Grade (0 to 10) Age/Gender Region or Vertebral Level
Low 0 8/F Lumbar
2 93/M T12/L1
3 53/M T12/L1

Moderate 4 44/M Lumbar
4 81/F Lumbar
6 93/M L1/2
6 93/M L3/4

High 8 93/M L2/3
8 93/M L4/5
10 85/M L2/3
10 85/M L3/4
10 85/M L4/5