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Results of literature search.
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- Table 1:
Estimated number of patients by age used to inform prevalence of degenerative spine imaging findings in asymptomatic patientsa
Imaging Finding Age (yr) 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Disk degeneration 273 (9) 604 (16) 415 (12) 311 (10) 80 (4) 20 (2) 19 (2) Disk signal loss 46 (2) 142 (5) 352 (4) 73 (2) 35 (1) 15 (1) 14 (1) Disk height loss 15 (1) 163 (5) 186 (5) 208 (5) 35 (1) 15 (1) 14 (1) Disk bulge 55 (4) 101 (7) 151 (8) 123 (7) 66 (5) 24 (3) 22 (3) Disk protrusion 87 (5) 468 (14) 490 (14) 363 (12) 86 (5) 19 (2) 17 (2) Annular fissure 167 (5) 350 (5) 426 (7) 53 (3) 35 (3) 15 (1) 14 (1) Facet degeneration 0 (0) 0 (0) 596 (3) 53 (3) 35 (3) 15 (1) 14 (1) Spondylolisthesis 0 (0) 0 (0) 31 (1) 53 (1) 35 (1) 15 (1) 14 (1) ↵a The number of studies are in parentheses.
- Table 2:
Age-specific prevalence estimates of degenerative spine imaging findings in asymptomatic patientsa
Imaging Finding Age (yr) 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Disk degeneration 37% 52% 68% 80% 88% 93% 96% Disk signal loss 17% 33% 54% 73% 86% 94% 97% Disk height loss 24% 34% 45% 56% 67% 76% 84% Disk bulge 30% 40% 50% 60% 69% 77% 84% Disk protrusion 29% 31% 33% 36% 38% 40% 43% Annular fissure 19% 20% 22% 23% 25% 27% 29% Facet degeneration 4% 9% 18% 32% 50% 69% 83% Spondylolisthesis 3% 5% 8% 14% 23% 35% 50% ↵a Prevalence rates estimated with a generalized linear mixed-effects model for the age-specific prevalence estimate (binomial outcome) clustering on study and adjusting for the midpoint of each reported age interval of the study.
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