Midsagittal Anatomy of Lumbar Lordosis in Adult Egyptians: MRI Study

Table 4

Statistical analysis of lumbar bodies’ anterior (AL) and posterior (PL) heights.

	Age	M			F			MD	SE	95% CI	value
		m	SD	R	m	SD	R
AL1 (mm)	Total	25.23	1.97	21–30	24.18	1.79	19–26	1.05	0.39	0.275 to 1.824	0.0085
	G1	25.37	2.13	22–30	24.02	1.95	19–26	1.35	0.61	0.119 to 2.582	0.0323
	G2	25.05	1.77	21–28	24.30	1.69	21–26	0.75	0.51	−0.277 to 1.775	0.1486
PL1 (mm)	Total	26.30	26.30	20–30	24.32	24.32	19–28	1.98	0.38	1.221 to 2.745	<0.0001
	G1	26.34	1.55	23–30	24.53	2.36	20–29	1.82	0.58	0.653 to 2.982	0.0030
	G2	26.25	1.90	19–28	24.17	1.70	21–27	2.08	0.53	1.021 to 3.145	0.0003
AL2 (mm)	Total	26.84	1.87	23–32	26.00	2.08	20–30	0.84	0.41	0.021 to 1.653	0.0445
	G1	27.06	1.98	24–32	25.50	2.29	23–29	1.56	0.63	0.288 to 2.828	0.0174
	G2	26.55	1.74	23–29	26.370	1.86	20–30	0.18	0.54	−0.897 to 1.256	0.7384
PL2 (mm)	Total	27.13	1.89	24–30.5	25.09	1.87	20.5–28	2.04	0.39	1.264 to 2.814	<0.0001
	G1	27.25	1.94	24–30	25.37	2.08	20.5–28	1.89	0.60	0.686 to 3.084	0.0028
	G2	26.98	1.87	25–30.5	24.89	1.71	22–28	2.09	0.53	1.029 to 3.143	0.0003
AL3 (mm)	Total	27.29	1.72	24–32	26.98	1.85	22–30.5	0.31	0.37	−0.427 to 1.048	0.4050
	G1	27.67	1.79	25–32	26.59	1.93	22–30.5	1.09	0.55	−0.024 to 2.200	0.0549
	G2	26.80	1.53	24–29	27.28	1.77	24–30.5	−0.48	0.49	−1.472 to 0.516	0.3381
PL3 (mm)	Total	26.90	1.96	23–30	25.15	1.97	21–30	1.75	0.41	0.938 to 2.560	<0.0001
	G1	26.87	2.23	23–30	25.29	1.68	22–28.5	1.58	0.60	0.376 to 2.784	0.0113
	G2	26.95	1.61	22–28.5	25.06	2.19	21–30	1.89	0.58	0.726 to 3.063	0.0021
AL4 (mm)	Total	27.88	1.56	25–31.5	26.91	2.26	23–32	0.97	0.40	0.167 to 1.772	0.0184
	G1	28.23	1.73	26–31.5	26.52	1.84	23–29	1.72	0.53	0.650 to 2.782	0.0023
	G2	27.43	1.22	25–29	27.20	2.52	23–32	0.23	0.61	−1.010 to 1.453	0.7191
PL4 (mm)	Total	25.87	1.84	22.5–30	24.05	2.07	21–30	1.82	0.41	1.011 to 2.622	<0.0001
	G1	26.15	1.95	23–30	24.08	1.48	22–26.5	2.07	0.52	1.024 to 3.133	0.0003
	G2	25.50	1.65	22.5–27.5	24.04	2.44	21–30	1.46	0.63	0.189 to 2.737	0.0254
AL5 (mm)	Total	29.31	1.74	25–33	27.88	2.36	23–32	1.43	0.43	0.567 to 2.280	0.0014
	G1	29.83	1.58	26–33	27.23	2.60	23–31	2.60	0.62	1.358 to 3.854	0.0001
	G2	28.63	1.74	25–31	28.37	2.09	25–32	0.26	0.58	−0.904 to 1.414	0.6603
PL5 (mm)	Total	24.09	1.82	20–27	22.40	2.34	18–28	1.69	0.43	0.818 to 2.544	0.0002
	G1	24.25	1.90	20–27	22.78	1.95	19–25	1.47	0.57	0.318 to 2.624	0.0136
	G2	23.88	1.72	20–27	22.13	2.59	18–28	1.75	0.67	0.401 to 3.089	0.0121