Table 2.
Results of the volumetric analyses, divided by groups
| NF1 (all patients) | NF1 patients with cognitive impairment | NF1 patients without cognitive impairment | NF1 patients with language deficit | NF1 patients without language deficit | NF1 patients with OPG | NF1 patients without OPG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UBOs volume (T2-weighted) | 7.2 ± 7.8 | 9.1 ± 8.9 | 3.4 ± 3.1 | 9.5 ± 9.6 | 5.9 ± 6.2 | 9.6 ± 8.5 | 4.6 ± 6.5 | ||||
| UBOs volume (FLAIR) | 8.4 ± 9.1 | 10.8 ± 10.2 | 3.7 ± 3.2 | 11.6 ± 11.9 | 6.6 ± 5.7 | 10.9 ± 9.4 | 5.7 ± 8.4 | ||||
| p-value | 0.01 | 0.35* | 0.47* | 0.16* | |||||||
| 0.30# | 0.40# | 0.20# |
Volumes are expressed in milliliters (mean ± standard deviation)
*Indicates the p-value for the T2-weighted comparison of normalized UBOs volume, while # indicates the p-value for the FLAIR comparison