Percentage of patients with a score ≥1 according to the CANDEN MRI scoring system by anatomical location and category (inflammation, fat, erosion, bone spurs/ankylosis). No soft tissue inflammation was found
| Cervical spine | Thoracic spine | Lumbar spine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (C2/C3 to C7/T1) | (T1/T2 to T12/L1) | (L1/L2 to L5/S1) | ||
| Anterior corner lesions | Inflammation | 16% | 41% | 51% |
| Fat/Erosion | 16%/0% | 45%/2% | 33%/0% | |
| Bone spurs/Ankylosis | 6%/2% | 0%/2% | 4%/6% | |
| Posterior corner lesions | Inflammation | 4% | 29% | 18% |
| Fat/Erosion | 8%/0% | 16%/2% | 22%/0% | |
| Bone spurs/Ankylosis | 2%/0% | 0%/6% | 0%/2% | |
| Non-corner lesions | Inflammation | 4% | 14% | 10% |
| Fat/Erosion | 2%/2% | 4%/8% | 12%/4% | |
| Bone spurs/Ankylosis | 0%/0% | 0%/6% | 0%/2% | |
| Antero-lateral corner lesions | Inflammation | NA | 22% | 29% |
| Fat/Erosion | NA | 16%/0% | 18%/0% | |
| Postero-lateral corner lesions | Inflammation | NA | 33% | 8% |
| Fat/Erosion | NA | 18%/0% | 6%/0% | |
| Costo-transversal joint transverse process | Inflammation | NA | 4% | 2% |
| Facet joint | Inflammation | 6% | 8% | 6% |
| Fat/Erosion | 0%/0% | 2%/0% | 2%/0% | |
| Bone spurs/Ankylosis | 10%/0% | 8%/0% | 8%/0% | |
| Spinous process | Inflammation | 0% | 2% | 0% |