Table 2.
Comparison of incidental MRI findings between patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and healthy controls
| OCD (n = 58) N/% |
HC (n = 58) N/% |
χ2 | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atrophy | Generalized Cerebral | 9 / 15.5 | 1 / 1.7 | 7.004 | 0.008 |
| Fazekas | Grade 1 | 10 / 17.2 | 1 / 1.7 | 10.398 | 0.002* |
| Grade 2 | 2 / 3.4 | 0 / 0 | |||
| Cavum Septum Pellucidum | 5 / 8.6 | 1 / 1.7 | 2.812 | 0.094 | |
| Cavum Vergae | 3 / 5.2 | 1 / 1.7 | 0.618* | ||
| Cavum Veli Interpositi | 12 / 20.7 | 1 / 1.7 | 10.482 | 0.001 | |
| Ethmoidal Thickening | 29 / 50 | 14 / 24.1 | 8.315 | 0.004 | |
| Maxillary Thickening | 7 / 12.1 | 13 / 22.4 | 2.175 | 0.140 | |
| Sphenoid Thickening | 3 / 5.2 | 2 / 3.4 | 1.000* | ||
| Frontal Thickening | 1 / 1.7 | 2 / 3.4 | 1.000* | ||
| Retention Cyst | 11 / 19 | 13 / 22.4 | 0.210 | 0.647 | |
| Septal Deviation | 20 / 42.5 | 18 / 36 | 2.336 | 0.264 | |
| Adenoid Hypertrophy | 10 / 17.2 | 9 / 15.5 | 0.063 | 0.802 | |
| Tornwalt’s Cyst | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1.7 | 1.000* | ||
| Nonspesific Gliotic Foci | 4 / 6.9 | 3 / 6 | 1.000* | ||
| Demyelination Plaque | 1 / 1.7 | 0 / 0 | 1.000* | ||
| Mastoiditis | 2 / 3.4 | 2 / 3.4 | 1.000* | ||
| Partial Empty Sella | 2 / 3.4 | 1 / 1.7 | 1.000* | ||
| Pituitary Macroadenoma | 1 / 1.7 | 0 / 0 | 1.000* | ||
| Neuroglial Cyst | 1 / 1.7 | 0 / 0 | 1.000* | ||
| Parotid Liposubstitution | 1 / 1.7 | 0 / 0 | 1.000* | ||
| Arachnoid Cyst | 4 / 6.9 | 1 / 1.7 | 0.364* |
Chi-square test was used. p values < 0.05 being considered significant
*Fischer’s exact test