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Table 2 Prevalence of cervical degenerative MRI findings at individual level

From: The association between cervical degenerative MRI findings and self-reported neck pain, disability and headache: a cross-sectional exploratory study

MRI findings

n

% (95%CI)

Any of the findings below

211

35 (31–39)

Any VESC

44

7 (5–9)

 Small

38

6 (4–8)

 Medium

6

1 (0–2)

 Large

10

2 (1–3)

Any disc degeneration

210

35 (31–39)

 Mild

202

34 (30–37)

 Moderate

18

3 (2–4)

 Severe

2

0 (0–1)

Any disc contour changes

204

34 (30–38)

 Protrusions

192

32 (28–36)

 Extrusion

18

3 (2–4)

 Sequestration

0

0 (–)

  1. NTotal = 600
  2. The total prevalence may not equal the sum of the prevalence rates for an MRI finding because a single patient may have different degrees of a given MRI pathology at different cervical levels
  3. VESC Vertebral endplate signal changes, CI Confidence interval