Influence of Age and Gender on Intervertebral Disk Degeneration and Height in the Thoracolumbar Spine.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Intervertebral disk degeneration is a universal and natural process. However, no reports have summarized anatomical age-related intervertebral disk height and disk degenerative changes in the thoracolumbar spine or examined sex-specific differences. This study aimed to establish age-related changes and gender-specific differences of intervertebral disk height and disk degeneration of the thoracolumbar spine in a large cohort of relatively healthy subjects and also to evaluate the relationship between the degree of thoracolumbar disk height and disk degeneration.

Methods

Six hundred and twenty-seven relatively healthy subjects (307 males and 320 females; average age, 49.6±16.5 years) were enrolled. We included at least 50 males and 50 females in each decade of li

SUBMITTER: Machino M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9381080 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature