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Table 4 The rCBF measurements in the studied participants

From: Usefulness of combined diffusion tensor imaging, arterial spin labelling and spectroscopic interictal analysis in refractory epilepsy

rCBF (ml/100 g/min)

Patients group (N = 46)

Control group (N = 20)

Test

p value

Ipsilateral

Mean ± SD

62.17 ± 6.57

80.05 ± 5.1

4.77a

 < 0.001*

Contralateral

Mean ± SD

75.18 ± 5.33

82.17 ± 4.78

0.73

0.47

Difference

Mean ± SD

13.01 ± 6.15

2.13 ± 2.12

4.86

 < 0.001*

Test

7.22a

1.36a

  

p value

 < 0.001*

0.18

  
  1. rCBF Regional cerebral blood flow, g gram, SD Standard deviation, N Number
  2. aIndependent t test
  3. p value* means statistically significant difference