Table 6.
Disc and facet joint degeneration subdivided according to age
| Age (yr) | Symptomatic group |
Asymptomatic group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L4–5 disc degeneration | L5–S1 disc degeneration | L4–5 facet degeneration | L5–S1 facet degeneration | L4–5 disc degeneration | L5–S1 disc degeneration | L4–5 facet degeneration | L5–S1 facet degeneration | |
| 20–24 | 2±0 | 3.5±0.5 | 2±0 | 3±1 | 1.78±0.92 | 2.33±1.25 | 1.33±0.47 | 2±0 |
| 25–29 | 3.29±1.58 | 3.07±0.8 | 1.93±0.26 | 2.71±0.8 | 1.8±0.75 | 2±0.63 | 1±0 | 1.2±0.4 |
| 30–34 | 2.38±0.74 | 3±1.24 | 2.15±0.77 | 2.46±0.5 | 1.6±0.49 | 1.8±0.4 | 1.6±0.49 | 1.8±0.75 |
| 35–39 | 2.18±0.71 | 3.24±1.11 | 2.18±0.51 | 3.18±0.78 | 2±0.63 | 1.8±0.75 | 1.8±0.4 | 2±0 |
| p-value | 0.252 | 0.817 | 0.552 | 0.113 | 0.874 | 0.904 | 0.065 | 0.219 |
Values are presented as mean±standard deviation.