. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 15.

Published in final edited form as: J Neurol Sci. 2009 Apr 15;279(1-2):99–105. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.11.009

Table 3.

T2 hyperintense spinal cord lesion volume in patients with multiple sclerosis at 1.5T vs. 3T

	1.5T	3T	p value
Cervical spinal cord T2LV
Mean ± SD	126.5 ± 200.37	118.8 ± 207.3	0.68
Median (IQR)	47.0 (0, 184.6)	25.9 (0, 177.4)	0.68
Cervical spinal cord T2LN
Mean ± SD	1.06 ± 1.37	1.03 ± 1.23	0.91
Median (IQR)	1 (0, 2)	1 (0, 2)	0.91
Thoracic spinal cord T2LV
Mean ± SD	106.4 ± 164.3	73.7 ± 100.8	0.30
Median (IQR)	18.2 (0, 151.8)	41.2 (0, 94.1)	0.30
Thoracic spinal cord T2LN
Mean ± SD	1.53 ± 2.34	2 ± 1.93	0.23
Median (IQR)	1 (0, 1)	1 (0, 2)	0.23
Total spinal cord T2LV
Mean ± SD	232.9 ± 347.2	192.6 ± 262.2	0.94
Median (IQR)	84.4 (0, 311.1)	103.2 (0, 308.9)	0.94
Total spinal cord T2LN
Mean ± SD	2.59 ± 3.51	2 ± 1.93	0.67
Median (IQR)	2 (0, 3)	2 (0, 3)	0.67

T2LV=T2 hyperintense lesion volume (mm³); IQR=interquartile range; SD=standard deviation; p values are from paired Wilcoxon tests of 1.5T vs. 3T data.