Table 1.

Correlation analyses between subject demographics and cumulative degenerative disc score of L1‐S1 on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to that of spinopelvic parameters

	Variables
Spinopelvic parameters	Age	BMI	Cumulative Pfirrmann disc degeneration score
	(years)	(kg/m2)
Pelvic incidence (degrees)	r = .184, P = .75	r = .014, P = .898	r = .183, P = .076
Sacral slope (degrees)	r = .161, P = .119	r = −.081, P = .447	r = .123, P = .234
Pelvic tilt (degrees)	r = .026, P = .806	r = −.060, P = .571	r = .159, P = .124
Lumbar lordosis (degrees)	r = .109, P = .293	r = .058, P = .587	r = −.076, P = .465
Lumbar lordosis/pelvic incidence index	r = .018, P = .865	r = .100, P = .345	r = −.153, P = .139

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; kg, kilograms; m, meters; UTE: ultra‐short time‐to echo.