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. 2023 Nov 10;9(4):446–456. doi: 10.1136/svn-2023-002463

Table 2.

Comparison of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) features and CSVD burden scores between outcome groups

Full cohort, number (%) (n=288)
Entire cohort
(n=288)
Favourable outcome
(n=127)
Unfavourable outcome (n=161) P value
Presence of lacunes 26 (9) 8 (6) 18 (11) 0.21
Lobar lacunes 9 (3) 4 (3) 5 (3) 1.00
Deep lacunes 17 (6) 4 (3) 13 (8) 0.13
Presence of CMBs 118 (41) 45 (35) 73 (45) 0.09
Deep CMBs 0.06
 0 214 (74) 102 (80) 112 (70)
 1 31 (11) 16 (13) 15 (9)
 2–4 20 (7) 6 (5) 14 (9)
 5–10 22 (8) 7 (6) 15 (9)
 >10 5 (2) 0 (0) 5 (3)
Lobar CMBs 0.16
 0 196 (68) 92 (72) 104 (65)
 1 31 (11) 16 (13) 15 (9)
 2–4 20 (7) 6 (5) 14 (9)
 5–10 30 (10) 11 (9) 19 (12)
 >10 11 (4) 2 (2) 9 (6)
Total CMBs 0.19
 0 170 (59) 82 (65) 88 (55)
 1 32 (11) 16 (13) 16 (10)
 2–4 25 (11) 10 (8) 15 (9)
 5–10 39 (14) 13 (10) 26 (16)
 >10 22 (8) 6 (5) 16 (10)
CMBs≥5 61 (21) 19 (15) 42 (26) 0.03
Number of EPVS in BG 0.08
 0 24 (8) 14 (11) 10 (6)
 1–10 98 (34) 50 (39) 48 (30)
 11–20 68 (24) 30 (24) 38 (24)
 21–40 74 (26) 26 (21) 48 (30)
 >40 24 (8) 7 (6) 17 (11)
Number of EPVS in CSO 0.59
 0 41 (14) 19 (15) 22 (14)
 1–10 61 (21) 27 (21) 34 (21)
 11–20 50 (17) 17 (13) 33 (21)
 21–40 74 (26) 36 (28) 38 (24)
 >40 62 (22) 28 (22) 34 (21)
Severe EPVS in BG 166 (58) 63 (50) 103 (64) 0.02
Deep Fazekas score <0.001
 0 82 (29) 49 (39) 33 (21)
 1 129 (45) 62 (49) 67 (42)
 2 60 (21) 13 (10) 47 (29)
 3 17 (6) 3 (2) 14 (9)
Periventricular Fazekas score <0.001
 0 6 (2) 6 (5) 0
 1 133 (46) 79 (62) 54 (34)
 2 98 (34) 33 (26) 65 (40)
 3 51 (18) 9 (7) 42 (26)
Total Fazekas score <0.001
 0 6 (2) 6 (5) 0
 1 64 (22) 36 (28) 28 (17)
 2 71 (25) 47 (37) 24 (15)
 3 65 (23) 22 (17) 43 (27)
 4 46 (16) 10 (8) 36 (22)
 5 19 (7) 3 (2) 16 (10)
 6 17 (6) 3 (2) 14 (9)
Severe WMH 147 (51) 38 (30) 109 (68) <0.001
Presence of cSS 38 (13) 9 (7) 27 (17) 0.02
 Focal (≤3 sulci) 36 (13) 9 (18) 25 (16)
 Disseminated (≥4 sulci) 2 (1) 0 2 (1)
CSVD score <0.001
 0 56 (19) 39 (31) 17 (11)
 1 80 (27) 42 (33) 38 (24)
 2 89 (31) 28 (22) 59 (37)
 3 57 (20) 16 (13) 41 (25)
 4 8 (3) 2 (1) 6 (3)
CAA score <0.001
 0 98 (34) 66 (52) 32 (20)
 1 82 (29) 29 (23) 53 (33)
 2 53 (18) 20 (16) 33 (21)
 3 32 (11) 9 (7) 23 (14)
 4 21 (7) 3 (2) 18 (11)
 5 2 (1) 0 2 (1)
 6 0 0 0
Modified CSVD score <0.001
 0 60 (21) 43 (34) 17 (11)
 1 91 (31) 46 (36) 44 (27)
 2 84 (29) 25 (20) 58 (36)
 3 41 (14) 11 (9) 30 (19)
 4 13 (5) 2 (1) 11 (7)
 5 1 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0)

Severe EPVS=grade 3 (21–40) and 4 (>40).

BG, basal ganglia; CAA, cerebral amyloid angiopathy; CMB, cerebral microbleeds; CSO, centrum semiovale; cSS, cortical superficial siderosis; CSVD, cerebral small vessel disease; EPVS, enlarged perivascular spaces; WMH, white matter hyperintensities.