Midsagittal Anatomy of Lumbar Lordosis in Adult Egyptians: MRI Study

Table 7

Statistical analysis of wedge indices (WI) of lumbar spine segments; lumbar bodies (L); and intervertebral discs (L/) in both age groups.

	Group 1 (number 46)			Group 2 (number 47)			MD	SE	95% CI	value
	m	SD	R	m	SD	R
L1	97.11	4.25	88–107	98.51	6.39	85–119	−1.40	1.13	−3.64 to 0.84	0.2173
L2	99.91	3.83	92–110	102.85	7.66	92–123	−2.94	1.26	−5.44 to −0.43	0.0220
L3	104.15	4.31	99–113	105.26	6.62	88–118	−1.10	1.16	−3.41 to 1.20	0.3445
L4	108.76	7.41	98–122	111.04	6.90	100–130	−2.28	1.48	−5.23 to 0.67	0.1276
L5	122.07	11.11	98–122	125.40	11.47	96–165	−3.34	2.34	−7.99 to 1.31	0.1574
L1/2	130.28	22.66	88–200	131.28	26.10	86–182	−0.99	5.07	−11.07 to 9.08	0.8451
L2/3	139.39	19.44	106–190	145.30	21.72	100–200	−5.91	4.28	−14.40 to 2.59	0.1707
L3/4	145.33	17.25	110–183	153.87	29.40	113–237	−8.55	5.01	−18.50 to 1.41	0.0916
L4/5	157.89	24.49	110–236	166.96	30.54	122–236	−9.07	5.75	−20.48 to 2.35	0.1182
L5/S1	201.48	25.25	133–260	225.51	45.74	131–340	−24.03	7.69	−39.30 to −8.77	0.0024