Midsagittal Anatomy of Lumbar Lordosis in Adult Egyptians: MRI Study

Table 3

Statistical analysis of the lumbar spine measurements.

	Age	M			F			MD	SE	95% CI	value
		m	SD	R	m	SD	R
LLA (°)	Total	41.98	6.83	30–60	52.20	4.78	43–67	−10.22	1.22	−12.650 to −7.802	<0.0001
	G1	39.12	5.32	30–50	50.03	4.37	43–60	−10.91	1.45	−13.869 to −7.960	<0.0001
	G2	45.70	6.89	30–60	53.81	4.49	46–67	−8.11	1.66	−11.46 to −4.77	<0.0001
LH (mm)	Total	168.08	6.32	153–184	156.39	7.56	141–170	11.69	1.45	8.815 to 14.562	<0.0001
	G1	170.39	6.24	160–184	159.42	8.25	144–170	10.97	2.14	6.661 to 15.268	<0.0001
	G2	165.09	5.17	153–174	154.15	6.25	141–163	10.94	1.72	7.481 to 14.393	<0.0001
LB (mm)	Total	44.02	4.08	35–51	45.73	4.42	37–58	−1.71	0.88	−3.464 to 0.040	0.0553
	G1	43.23	4.56	35–50.5	43.48	3.63	37–50	−0.24	1.25	−2.753 to 2.265	0.8454
	G2	45.05	3.17	37–51	47.41	4.24	42–58	−2.36	1.13	−4.63 to −0.08	0.0426
LI (%)	Total	26.26	2.46	21–32	29.34	2.97	23–36	−3.08	0.57	−4.21 to −1.95	<0.0001
	G1	25.42	2.32	21–28	27.40	2.35	23–33	−1.98	0.69	−3.37 to −0.58	0.0066
	G2	27.35	2.25	22–32	30.78	2.56	27–36	−3.43	0.72	−4.88 to −1.98	<0.0001