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Table 4 HU values of the vertebral body and endplate

From: Low cervical vertebral CT value increased early subsidence of titanium mesh cage after anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion

Variable

Subsidence

Non-subsidence

p value

HU value of upper vertebral body

326.84 ± 64.76

423.56 ± 82.36

P < 0.0001

HU value of lower endplate of the upper vertebral body

492.93 ± 92.61

553.27 ± 85.93

0.004

HU value of lower vertebral body

251.44 ± 61.36

346.33 ± 71.01

P < 0.0001

HU value of upper endplate of the lower vertebral body

406.28 ± 119.92

475.70 ± 93.68

0.004