Matthias Jung1, Susanne Rospleszcz2,3, Maximilian T Löffler4,5, Sven S Walter6,7, Elke Maurer8, Pia M Jungmann4, Annette Peters2,3, Johanna Nattenmüller4, Christopher L Schlett4, Fabian Bamberg4, Lena S Kiefer6, Thierno D Diallo4. 1. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany. matthias.jung@uniklinik-freiburg.de. 2. Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Oberschleißheim, Germany. 3. Department of Epidemiology, Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University München, Munich, Germany. 4. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany. 5. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum Rechts Der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany. 6. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany. 7. Division of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Radiology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 660 1st Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA. 8. Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Unfallklinik, Schnarrenbergstraße 95, 72070, Tuebingen, Germany.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association of lumbar bone marrow adipose tissue fat fraction (BMAT-FF) and paraspinal muscle proton density fat fraction (PDFF) and their interplay with intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD). METHODS: In this retrospective cross-sectional study based on a prospective population-based cohort, BMAT-FF and PDFF of asymptomatic individuals were calculated based on 3T-MRI dual-echo and multi-echo Dixon VIBE sequences. IVDD was assessed at motion segments L1 to L5 and dichotomized based on Pfirrmann grade ≥ 4 and/or presence of other severe degenerative changes or spinal abnormalities at least at one segment. Pearson's correlation coefficients were calculated for BMAT-FF and PDFF. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression models for IVDD were calculated. RESULTS: Among 335 participants (mean age: 56.2 ± 9.0 years, 43.3% female), the average BMI was 27.7 ± 4.5 kg/m2 and the prevalence of IVDD was high (69.9%). BMAT-FF and PDFF were significantly correlated (r = 0.31-0.34; p < 0.001). The risk for IVDD increased with higher PDFF (OR = 1.45; CI 1.03, 2.04) and BMAT-FF (OR = 1.56; CI 1.16, 2.11). Pairwise combinations of PDFF and BMAT-FF quartiles revealed a lower risk for IVDD in individuals in the lowest BMAT-FF and PDFF quartile (OR = 0.21; CI 0.1, 0.48). Individuals in the highest BMAT-FF and PDFF quartile showed an increased risk for IVDD (OR = 5.12; CI 1.17, 22.34) CONCLUSION: Lumbar BMAT-FF and paraspinal muscle PDFF are correlated and represent both independent and additive risk factors for IVDD. Quantitative MRI measurements of paraspinal myosteatosis and vertebral bone marrow fatty infiltration may serve as imaging biomarkers to assess the individual risk for IVDD. KEY POINTS: • Fat composition of the lumbar vertebral bone marrow is positively correlated with paraspinal skeletal muscle fat. • Higher fat-fractions of lumbar vertebral bone marrow and paraspinal muscle are both independent as well as additive risk factors for intervertebral disc degeneration. • Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging measurements of bone marrow and paraspinal muscle may serve as imaging biomarkers for intervertebral disc degeneration.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association of lumbar bone marrow adipose tissue fat fraction (BMAT-FF) and paraspinal muscle proton density fat fraction (PDFF) and their interplay with intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD). METHODS: In this retrospective cross-sectional study based on a prospective population-based cohort, BMAT-FF and PDFF of asymptomatic individuals were calculated based on 3T-MRI dual-echo and multi-echo Dixon VIBE sequences. IVDD was assessed at motion segments L1 to L5 and dichotomized based on Pfirrmann grade ≥ 4 and/or presence of other severe degenerative changes or spinal abnormalities at least at one segment. Pearson's correlation coefficients were calculated for BMAT-FF and PDFF. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression models for IVDD were calculated. RESULTS: Among 335 participants (mean age: 56.2 ± 9.0 years, 43.3% female), the average BMI was 27.7 ± 4.5 kg/m2 and the prevalence of IVDD was high (69.9%). BMAT-FF and PDFF were significantly correlated (r = 0.31-0.34; p < 0.001). The risk for IVDD increased with higher PDFF (OR = 1.45; CI 1.03, 2.04) and BMAT-FF (OR = 1.56; CI 1.16, 2.11). Pairwise combinations of PDFF and BMAT-FF quartiles revealed a lower risk for IVDD in individuals in the lowest BMAT-FF and PDFF quartile (OR = 0.21; CI 0.1, 0.48). Individuals in the highest BMAT-FF and PDFF quartile showed an increased risk for IVDD (OR = 5.12; CI 1.17, 22.34) CONCLUSION: Lumbar BMAT-FF and paraspinal muscle PDFF are correlated and represent both independent and additive risk factors for IVDD. Quantitative MRI measurements of paraspinal myosteatosis and vertebral bone marrow fatty infiltration may serve as imaging biomarkers to assess the individual risk for IVDD. KEY POINTS: • Fat composition of the lumbar vertebral bone marrow is positively correlated with paraspinal skeletal muscle fat. • Higher fat-fractions of lumbar vertebral bone marrow and paraspinal muscle are both independent as well as additive risk factors for intervertebral disc degeneration. • Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging measurements of bone marrow and paraspinal muscle may serve as imaging biomarkers for intervertebral disc degeneration.
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