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. 2022 Mar 25;31(8):2046–2056. doi: 10.1007/s00586-022-07169-z

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7

Explaining hMFA Use Case 3 component 1. The component 1 at the lumbar segment in hMFA Use Case 3 related to muscle fat fraction was significantly associated with age, BMI and sex (LM: age p = 0.003, BMI p < 0.001, sex p = 0.003; a–b). Age was significantly associated with component 1 at all spinal levels (c), although a significant interaction was observed, indicative that the magnitude of the relationship (slope) was different across spinal levels (LM: Age p < 0.001, Level p < 0.001, Age x Level p < 0.001). Very similar results were found for BMI (e, LM: Age p < 0.001, Level p < 0.001, Age x Level p < 0.001). In the case of sex (d) a main effect of sex was significant, but there were no significant differences across levels nor interaction between sex and levels (LM: Sex p = 0.0049, Level p = 0.99, Age x Level p = 0.11). Component 2 at L4L5 was significantly different between controls and LBP patients (f, LM: p = 0.038)