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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurol. 2022 Aug 23;269(12):6589–6596. doi: 10.1007/s00415-022-11333-2

Table 2.

Imaging Characteristics of DOAC Users With and Without ICH

ICH free (n = 94) ICH (n = 48) p Value
Severe white matter hyperintensities (Fazekas score > 1) 49 (52) 38 (79) < 0.01
Lacunes 28 (30) 22 (46) 0.06
Severe enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS) 11 (12) 7 (15) 0.59
 Basal ganglia EPVS 5 (5) 5 (11) 0.30
 Centrum semiovale EPVS 6 (6) 3 (6) 1.00
Cortical superficial siderosis 1 (1) 11 (23) < 0.01
Cerebral microbleeds 22 (23) 29 (60) < 0.01
Any one small vessel disease biomarker 62 (66) 47 (98) < 0.01
Small vessel disease score 1 (0, 2) 2 (1, 3) < 0.01
Probable cerebral amyloid angiopathy 4 (4) 16 (33) < 0.01

Data are counts (n) and percentages (%), means and standard deviations (SD), or medians and interquartile ranges (IQR)

DOAC direct oral anticoagulant, ICH intracerebral hemorrhage