Fig. 1
Lumbar MRI imaging of two patients who are both non-smokers and have neither alcohol addiction nor HBP history. a A 57-year-old patient with T2D for 12 years visiting our department because of low back pain for 3 years. Average HA1c during the recent 1 year is 7.2%. BMI is 19.81 kg/m2. The Pfirrmann scores from L1/2 to L5/S1 are all 5. b A 55-year-old patient without DM visiting our department because of low back pain for 3 years. BMI is 19.73 kg/m2. The Pfirrmann scores from L1/2 to L3/4 are 3 and from L4/5 to L5/S1 are 4