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Table 1 Patient details and grades of tissues used for immunohistochemical analysis

From: Catabolic cytokine expression in degenerate and herniated human intervertebral discs: IL-1β and TNFα expression profile

Laboratory number

Source

Sex

Age (years)

MRI diagnosis

IVD level

Histological grade

1

PM

M

53

Not applicable

L4/5

1

2

PM

M

53

Not applicable

L5/S1

1

3

Surgical

M

44

Relatively normal

L4/5

1

4

Surgical

M

47

Relatively normal

L4/5

2

5

PM

M

75

Not applicable

L5/S1

3

6

Surgical

M

35

Mild degeneration

L5/S1

3

7

Surgical

M

48

Mild degeneration

L3/4

3

8

Surgical

F

64

Mild degeneration

L5/S1

3

9

Surgical

M

46

Normal

L5/S1

4

10

Surgical

M

21

Mild degeneration

L5/S1

4

11

Surgical

F

36

Mild degeneration

L5/S1

4

12

Surgical

M

25

Degenerate

L4/5

5

13

Surgical

F

32

Degenerate

L5/S1

5

14

Surgical

F

36

Degenerate

L4/5

5

15

Surgical

M

25

Degenerate

L4/5

5

16

Surgical

F

35

Degenerate

L4/5

6

17

Surgical

M

39

Degenerate

L4/5

6

18

PM

F

73

Not applicable

L5/S1

6

19

Surgical

M

25

Degenerate

L5/S1

6

20

Surgical

F

55

Degenerate

L5/S1

7

21

PM

F

Not known

Not applicable

L4/5

7

22

Surgical

F

58

Degenerate

L2/3

7

23

Surgical

M

34

Degenerate

L4/5

8

24

Surgical

F

24

Degenerate

L5/S1

8

25

Surgical

F

33

Severe degeneration

L5/S1

9

26

PM

F

73

Not applicable

L4/5

9

27

Surgical

M

68

Severe degeneration

L5/S1

10

28

PM

M

47

Not applicable

L5/S1

10

29

PM

M

47

Not applicable

L5/S1

11

30

Surgical

M

39

Severe degeneration

L4/5

12

31

Surgical

M

26

Herniated IVD

L5/S1

6

32

Surgical

F

43

Herniated IVD

L5/S1

7

33

Surgical

F

39

Herniated IVD

L4/5

7

34

Surgical

F

25

Herniated IVD

L5/S1

7

35

Surgical

M

35

Herniated IVD

L4/5

7

36

Surgical

M

44

Herniated IVD

L5/S1

9

37

Surgical

M

64

Herniated IVD

L5/S1

9

38

Surgical

M

28

Herniated IVD

L4/5

9

39

Surgical

F

45

Herniated IVD

L5/S1

10

  1. IVD, intervertebral disc; F, female; M, male; PM, post-mortem.