Clinical Study

Retrospective Cohort Study of the Prevalence of Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebra in a Wide and Well-Represented Population

Table 3

Numbers of cases and prevalences of the anomalies.

Mean age (years)Prevalence of LSTV (%)Prevalence of sacralization (%)Prevalence of lumbarization (%)

Women184339.7 ± 15.317152.1
Men176439.4 ± 15.120.919.51.4
Total360739.5 ± 15.218.917.21.7

LSTV: lumbosacral transitional vertebra.