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Table 6 Correlations (r) between Lordosis and PI for each group

From: Correlation between lumbar intervertebral disc height and lumbar spine sagittal alignment among asymptomatic Asian young adults

Roussouly types

Level

r

p

Type I

L1–L2

0.4034

0.0521*

L2–L3

0.4183

0.0325

L3–L4

0.4978

0.0032

L4–L5

0.5027

0.0195

L5–S1

0.5321

< 0.0001

Type II

L1–L2

0.4327

0.0027

L2–L3

0.4856

0.0019

L3–L4

0.5154

0.0002

L4–L5

0.5360

0.0002

L5–S1

0.4859

0.0018

Type III

L1–L2

0.5017

< 0.0001

L2–L3

0.5483

< 0.0001

L3–L4

0.4892

< 0.0001

L4–L5

0.6098

< 0.0001

L5–S1

0.5709

< 0.0001

Type IV

L1–L2

0.4311

0.0527*

L2–L3

0.5828

0.0078

L3–L4

0.8619

< 0.0001

L4–L5

0.8456

< 0.0001

L5–S1

0.7389

<  0.0001

  1. *There was no statistically significant correlation (p > 0.05)