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Table 6 Multivariate regression analyses

From: A novel MRI index for paraspinal muscle fatty infiltration: reliability and relation to pain and disability in lumbar spinal stenosis: results from a multicentre study

Clinical parameter

MFI

GCS*

Coefficient (95% CI)

p

AIC

Category

Coefficient (95% CI)

p

AIC

ODI

-3.74 (-14.69, 7.21)

0.502

1863

1

0.10 (-5.69, 7.69)

0.769

1869

    

2

7.06 (-0.26, 23.38)

0.395

NRS leg pain

-0.59 (-2.13, 0.96)

0.455

913

1

0.21 (-0.70, 1.12)

0.649

916

   

2

-0.23 (-244, 1.98)

0.837

NRS back pain

0.80 (-0.84, 2.44)

0.339

950

1

0.63 (-0.34, 1.60)

0.199

952

   

2

0.75 (-1.61, 3.10)

0.533

ZCQ pain

-0.22 (-0.64, 0.20)

0.205

364

1

-0.01 (-0.26, 0.26)

0.996

371

   

2

0.24 (-0.39, 0.86)

0.454

ZCQ disability

-0.01 (-0.30, 0.03)

0.979

344

1

0.01 (-0.24, 0.25)

0.972

347

   

2

0.40 (-0.19, 0.99)

0.186

  1. AIC Akaike information criterion, CI Confidence interval, GCS Goutallier classification system, MFI Muscle fat index, NRS Numeric rating scale, ODI Oswestry disability index, ZCQ Zurich claudication questionnaire
  2. *For the GCS, only categories with fatty infiltration are presented. The coefficient values for the GCS show the estimates for the regression equation of categories 1 and 2, respectively, on category 0 (GCS grade 0, no fatty infiltration)