COVID-19’s effects on the Egyptian population’s brain: Could MRI and specialized MR spectroscopic analysis be beneficial?

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 5 MRS metabolites analysis in the studied cases

Metabolic ratios (n = 63)	Intra-lesional voxels (Mean, SD and Range)	Voxels on normal appearing white matter (Mean and SD)	P value
NAA/Cr^a	1.04 ± 0.14 (0.61–1.47)	1.57 ± 0.17	< 0.001*
Cho/Cr^a	0.49 ± 0.04 (0.27–0.66)	0.28 ± 0.02	0.53
mI/Cr^a	1.12 ± 0.05 (1.09–1.25)	0.79 ± 0.04	0.71
Glx/Cr^a	1.56 ± 0.22 (1.1–1.83)	0.89 ± 0.07	0.92
Lc/Cr^b	0.76 ± 0.1 (0.69–0.87)	No lipid peak	0.027*