UNASSIGNED: A sample of 512 Chinese was studied and we observed that greater @entity1797 on MRI was associated with greater spine DXA @entity79 . Yet, this association may be confounded by facet @entity2720 . @entity79 may not be a risk factor for @entity1797 in Chinese. PURPOSE: Evidence suggested that lumbar vertebral bone and intervertebral disc interact with each other in multiple ways. The current paper aims to determine the association between @entity79 ( @entity79 ) and @entity1797 using a sample of Chinese. METHODS: We studied 165 @entity1 with @entity615 and 347 general subjects from China. All subjects had lumbar spine magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and dual- energy X- @entity16039 absorptiometry (DXA) spine @entity79 studies, and a subset of general subjects had additional hip @entity79 measurements. On T2-weighted MR images, Pfirrmann score was used to evaluate the degree of @entity1797 was assessed as none, slight-moderate, and severe. Regression analyses were used to examine the associations between lumbar and hip @entity79 and @entity1797 , adjusting for age, gender, body mass index (BMI), lumbar region, and facet @entity2720 . RESULTS: Greater facet @entity2720 was associated with greater spine @entity79 (P  <  0.01) in both @entity1 and general subjects. For general subjects, greater spine @entity79 was associated with severe @entity1797 , controlling for age, gender, BMI, and lumbar region. When facet @entity2720 entered the regression model, however, greater spine @entity79 was associated with greater facet @entity2720 (P  <  0.01) but not greater @entity1797 (P > 0.05). No statistical association was observed between spine @entity79 and @entity1797 in @entity1 with @entity615 (P  > 0.05), and between hip @entity79 and @entity1797 in general subjects (P  > 0.05). CONCLUSION: @entity79 may not be a risk factor for @entity1797 in Chinese. Facet @entity2720 inflates DXA spine @entity79 measurements and therefore, may confound the association between spine @entity79 and @entity1797 .

XXXX was not related to spine and hip bone mineral densities in Chinese: facet @entity2720 may confound the association.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity16039 :: ('255564', 'Species') :: ['ray'] @entity1797 :: ('MESH:D055959', 'Disease') :: ['lumbar disc degeneration', 'lumbar disc degeneration and facet joint osteoarthritis', 'disc degeneration'] @entity79 :: ('MESH:D001847', 'Disease') :: ['bone mineral density', 'BMD'] @entity615 :: ('MESH:D001416', 'Disease') :: ['back disorders'] @entity2720 :: ('MESH:D007592', 'Disease') :: ['joint osteoarthritis']
@entity1797 :: (MESH:D055959,Disease) :: ['Lumbar disc degeneration']
