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Table 2 Lesion distribution presented as number and percentage

From: Detection of central veins using susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) for discrimination between lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS) and cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD)

 

Total (N = 597)

Test of significance

 

MS

CSVD

No

%

No

%

Total (periventricular and non-periventricular distributed)

453

75.9

144

24.1

p < 0.001*

Periventricular distributed

181

39.9

43

29.9

p = 0.02*

Non-periventricular distributed:

a) Juxta-cortical

b) Deep white matter

c) Infratentorial

272

93

159

20

60

34.1

58.5

7.4

101

30

64

7

70.1

29.7

63.4

6.9

p < 0.001*

p = 0.41

p = 0.39

p = 0.89