Research Article
Analyzing the Influence of Modic Changes on Patients with Lower Back Pain Undergoing Conservative Treatment
Table 1
Fundamental characteristics of the three groups before treatment.
| | | Group A | Group B | Group C |
| | Number | 50 | 31 | 48 | | Male | 22 (44%) | 13 (42%) | 21 (44%) | | Female | 28 (56%) | 18 (58%) | 27 (56%) | | Average age (range) | 40.5 (25–62) | 41.6 (21–65) | 44.5 (24–67) | | BMI | 20.4 ± 1.0 | 20.1 ± 0.9 | 20.5 ± 0.9 | | Smoking | 13 (26.0%) | 8 (25.8%) | 14 (29.2%) | | Heavy work | 29 (58%) | 18 (58.1%) | 28 (58.3%) | | Involved disc | | | | | L3–4 | | 3 | 3 | | L4–5 | | 13 | 20 | | L5–S1 | | 15 | 25 |
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