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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 3 Average age of SN-affected patients

From: Lumbar spine Schmorl's nodes; prevalence in adults with back pain, and their relation to vertebral endplate degeneration

Age group (years)

SN

Total

Present

Not present

>  40

4 (1.2%)

82 (25.3%)

86 (26.5%)

40–59

38 (11.7%)

124 (38.3%)

162 (50.1%)

<  60

30 (9.3%)

46 (14.2%)

76 (23.4%)

Total

72 (22.2%)

252 (77.8%)

324 (100%)

  1. P < 0.0001 using chi-square test
  2. SN Schmorl’s node
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