Apparent Diffusion Coefficient of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Evaluation of Cervical Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: An Observational Study with 3.0 T Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Table 2

Mean ADC values of cervical spine sorted by sex and anatomical level (×10⁻³ mm²/sec).

Anatomical level	Sex		value	Total
	Male	Female
C2-C3	2.10 ± 0.17	1.94 ± 0.22	0.008	2.02 ± 0.21
C3-C4	2.05 ± 0.20	1.93 ± 0.25	0.034	1.99 ± 0.23
C4-C5	2.02 ± 0.18	1.86 ± 0.20	0.006	1.94 ± 0.21
C5-C6	2.01 ± 0.15	1.83 ± 0.26	0.003	1.92 ± 0.23
C6-C7	2.03 ± 0.17	1.94 ± 0.30	0.196	1.98 ± 0.25
Total	2.04 ± 0.17	1.90 ± 0.25		1.97 ± 0.23

values were calculated by comparing ADC values of IVDs between male and female patients.