Reliability and reproducibility of measurements in para-sagittal planes on sub-axial cervical vertebral bodies: a morphometric study of endplates in three-dimensional models

Table 2 Comparison between different measurements in male

	LSED		LIECD		LIED		MSED		MIECD		MIED		RSED		RIECD		RIED
	Intra	Inter	Intra	Inter	Intra	Inter	Intra	Inter	Intra	Inter	Intra	Inter	Intra	Inter	Intra	Inter	Intra	Inter
C3	0.07	< 0.01*	0.23	0.60	0.44	0.13*	0.02	< 0.01*	0.31	0.16	0.37*	0.66	0.69	0.04	0.50*	0.64	0.92*	0.61
C4	0.56*	0.05*	0.26	0.75	0.60	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.63	0.26	0.85	< 0.01*	0.77	0.20	0.84*	0.24*	0.73*	0.03
C5	0.41	0.04	0.75	0.34*	0.43	0.04	0.78	0.02	0.86	0.26	0.29	0.01	0.40	0.01	0.07	< 0.01	0.73*	0.12*
C6	0.50	0.12	0.20	0.55	0.98	0.56	0.19	0.05	0.68	0.51	0.08	0.02	0.10	0.40	0.40	0.39	0.18	0.10
C7	0.76	0.31	0.02	0.55	0.02	0.01	0.70	0.06	0.28	0.50	0.21	0.06	0.80	0.38	0.64	0.07	0.65	< 0.01

* Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test
LSED depth of the superior endplate of the left para-sagittal plane, LIECD depth of the inferior endplate concave of the left para-sagittal plane, LIED depth of the superior endplate of the left para-sagittal plane, MSED depth of the superior endplate of the mid-sagittal plane, MIECD depth of the inferior endplate concave of the mid-sagittal plane, MIED depth of the superior endplate of the mid-sagittal plane, RSED depth of the superior endplate of the right para-sagittal plane, RIECD depth of the inferior endplate concave of the right para-sagittal plane, RIED depth of the superior endplate of the right para-sagittal plane

ISSN: 1749-799X