Table 4.
Key figures of Modic changes (MC) with increased tracer uptake divided into three time-groups. MRI = magnetic resonance imaging.
| Time interval between MRI and bone scintigraphy |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 days or less |
31–90 days |
91–180 days |
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| N | Mean (SD)a | N | Mean (SD)a | N | Mean (SD)a | |
| M1 | 20 (76.9) | 1.51 (0.11) | 4 (15.4) | 1.75 (0.27) | 2 (7.7) | 1.59 (0.00) |
| M1/2 & M1/3 | 17 (50.0) | 1.47 (0.16) | 16 (47.0) | 1.42 (0.28) | 1 (2.9) | 1.13 (-) |
| M2 & M3 | 6 (54.5) | 1.25 (0.05) | 2 (18.2) | 1.27 (0.13) | 3 (27.3) | 1.36 (0.20) |
| Total | 43 (60.6) | 22 (31.0) | 6 (8.4) | |||
a
Mean lesion-to-normal-bone ratio.