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. 2019 Aug 1;10(8):4316–4328. doi: 10.1364/BOE.10.004316

Table 2. Mean ± SD of vertebral body region PDFF averaged over cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebral levels according to MRI measurements.

Levels Cadaver 1 Cadaver 2 Cadaver 3 Cadaver 4 Cadaver 5 Cadaver 6
C3-C7 54.7 ± 3.9% 48.2 ± 4.9% 41.2 ± 2.2% 48.7 ± 5.3% 17.7 ± 1.4% 45.6 ± 4.8%
T1-T6 51.4 ± 2.7% 46.5 ± 3.7% 36.6 ± 11.6% 51.0 ± 2.3% 15.9 ± 0.6% 43.4 ± 1.3%
T7-T12 51.5 ± 4.6% 45.3 ± 5.1% 48.8 ± 3.1% 53.4 ± 4.3% 17.2 ± 0.7% 51.3 ± 1.9%
L1-L5 61.4 ± 3.9% 61.7 ± 4.2% 39.9 ± 23.6% 62.1 ± 4.4% 20.2 ± 0.6% 58.4 ± 6.7%
All levels 54.5 ± 5.4% 50.0 ± 7.8% 41.7 ± 12.8% 53.6 ± 6.3% 17.6 ± 1.8% 49.5 ± 6.9%