Table 5 Diagnostic accuracy of Modic changes to pain for individual studies
From: Modic changes as seen on MRI are associated with nonspecific chronic lower back pain and disability
Study | Statistics | MC1 versus MC0 | MC2 versus MC0 | MC3 versus MC0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Braithwaite [58] | Sensitivity (%) | 6.76 | 18.82 | 4.17 |
Specificity (%) | 100.00 | 96.77 | 100.00 | |
PLR | – | 5.84 | – | |
NLR | 0.93 | 0.84 | 0.96 | |
Thompson [53] | Sensitivity (%) | 16.43 | 11.22 | 1.84 |
Specificity (%) | 98.11 | 97.09 | 99.41 | |
PLR | 8.68 | 3.86 | 3.09 | |
NLR | 0.85 | 0.91 | 0.99 | |
O’Neill [52] | Sensitivity (%) | 6.79 | 8.04 |  |
Specificity (%) | 99.09 | 99.09 | Â | |
PLR | 7.43 | 8.80 | Â | |
NLR | 0.94 | 0.93 | Â | |
Weishaupt [51] | Sensitivity (%) | 35.90 | 26.47 | Â |
Specificity (%) | 97.01 | 98.48 | Â | |
PLR | 12.03 | 17.47 | Â | |
NLR | 0.66 | 0.75 | Â | |
Kokkoken [59] | Sensitivity (%) | 24.14 | 24.14 | 4.35 |
Specificity (%) | 77.78 | 79.55 | 97.22 | |
PLR | 1.09 | 1.18 | 1.57 | |
NLR | 0.98 | 0.95 | 0.98 |