Table 3.
Contour changes of the upper and lower vertebral endplates.
| Endplate contour | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Irregular | Blurred | Destructive | Total | ||
| Upper endplate | ||||||
| Modic type 1 | n | 6 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 59 |
| % | 10.2% | 88.1% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| Early spondylodiscitis | n | 4 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| % | 18.2% | 13.6% | 68.2% | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| Advanced spondylodiscitis | n | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 35 |
| % | 2.9% | 2.9% | 68.6% | 25.7% | 100.0% | |
| n | 11 | 56 | 40 | 9 | 116 | |
| % | 9.5% | 48.3% | 34.5% | 7.8% | 100.0% | |
| Lower endplate | ||||||
| Modic type 1 | n | 2 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 59 |
| % | 3.4% | 94.9% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| Early spondylodiscitis | n | 4 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| % | 18.2% | 13.6% | 68.2% | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| Advanced spondylodiscitis | n | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 35 |
| % | 5.7% | 2.9% | 65.7% | 25.7% | 100.0% | |
| n | 8 | 60 | 39 | 9 | 116 | |
| % | 6.9% | 51.7% | 33.6% | 7.8% | 100.0% | |