Dorsopathies

discitis: Inflammation of an intervertebral disc or disk space which may lead to disk erosion. Until recently, discitis has been defined as a nonbacterial inflammation and has been attributed to aseptic processes (e.g., chemical reaction to an injected substance). However, recent studies provide evidence that infection may be the initial cause, but perhaps not the promoter, of most cases of discitis. Discitis has been diagnosed in patients following discography, myelography, lumbar puncture, paravertebral injection, and obstetrical epidural anesthesia. Discitis following chemonucleolysis (especially with chymopapain) is attributed to chemical reaction by some and to introduction of microorganisms by others.

Similar endpoints

List of similar endpoints to Dorsopathies based on the number of shared cases.

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Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 66105 38434 27671
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 25.42 26.15 24.47
Mean age at first event (years) 49.07 48.28 50.17

Mortality

Follow-up Absolute risk HR [95% CI] p N
1998–2019 0.02 1.45 [1.31, 1.60] 5.9e-13 5586
15 years 0.01 1.75 [1.61, 1.91] 2.8e-37 4299
5 years 0.00 2.80 [2.57, 3.06] <1e-100 1712
1 year 0.00 4.25 [3.66, 4.93] 7.4e-81 494

Correlations

Index endpoint: M13_DORSOPATHY – Dorsopathies
GWS hits: 10

Survival analyses between endpoints

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