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. 2023 Dec 1;23:899. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-05393-5

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