Quantitative Disk and Metabolic Bone PET-MRI for Understanding Disk-Endplate Crosstalk in Degeneration of the Lumbar Spine.

JOR Spine · 2026 · PMC13244074 · PMID 42267131

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narrowly missed statistical significancep = 0.064so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Somewhat contrary to our initial hypothesis, endplates adjacent to disks with higher Pfirrmann grades did not show more bone remodeling‐the association only narrowly missed statistical significance, however (beta 0.85; 95% CI −0.05, 1.75; p = 0.064) and this result needs to be interpreted with caution considering the limited statistical power.

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