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Table 2 Patient sample data

From: Histological analysis of surgical lumbar intervertebral disc tissue provides evidence for an association between disc degeneration and increased body mass index

Number

854

Male

529

Female

325

age range/mean [years]

15-96/56

Spine site lumbar

854

Spine level L1/L2

11

Spine level L2/L3

41

Spine level L3/L4

98

Spine level L4/L5

274

Spine level L5/S1

263

no information about the spine level

167

Samples with NP-HDS available

766

Samples with AF-HDS available

714

Samples with NP and AF-HDS available

626

Samples with additional BMI

249