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. 2011 May 4;6(5):e19214. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019214

Table 2. Comparison of adjoining GOS categories as well as the receiver operating curve characteristics for patients with favourable versus unfavourable outcomes.

FA ADC
Regions of Interest GOS 5 Vs GOS 4 GOS 4 Vs GOS 3 GOS 3 Vs GOS 2 Favourable Vs Unfavourable(P value) Area under the ROC curve(95% CI) P value GOS 5 Vs GOS 4 GOS 4 Vs GOS 3 GOS 3 Vs GOS 2 Favourable Vs Unfavourable(P value) Area under the ROC curve(95% CI) P value
Supratentorial white matter 0.565 0.002 0.010 0.000 0.877(0.773 to 0.980) 0.000 0.433 0.004 0.014 0.000 0.896(0.798 to 0.994) 0.000
Anterior corpus callosum 0.261 0.017 0.040 0.000 0.840(0.721 to 0.959) 0.000 0.448 0.066 0.046 0.000 0.806(0.676 to 0.935) 0.000
Posterior corpus callosum 0.530 0.186 0.001 0.000 0.797(0.671 to 0.923) 0.000 0.403 0.503 0.016 0.002 0.750(0.603 to 0.897) 0.002
Ventral midbrain 0.979 0.279 0.016 0.000 0.796(0.66 to 0.932) 0.000 0.754 0.744 0.012 0.009 0.705(0.549 to 0.860) 0.009
Dorsal midbrain 0.094 0.175 0.030 0.000 0.775(0.621 to 0.93) 0.000 0.200 0.503 0.016 0.001 0.757(0.626 to 0.888) 0.001
Pons 0.619 0.264 0.002 0.000 0.813(0.670 to 0.956) 0.000 0.937 0.440 0.002 0.001 0.722(0.569 to 0.874) 0.005
WBGM 0.374 0.279 0.010 0.001 0.762(0.628 to 0.896) 0.001 0.638 0.020 0.434 0.004 0.724(0.558 to 0.890) 0.004
Thalamus 0.855 0.250 0.794 0.416 0.635(0.474 to 0.796) 0.087 0.958 0.311 0.010 0.000 0.879(0.780 to 0.978) 0.000
Cerebellar peduncles 0.350 0.231 0.001 0.000 0.823(0.697 to 0.950) 0.000 0.248 0.452 0.023 0.052 0.654(0.487 to 0.820) 0.049
Cerebellar cortex 0.762 0.707 0.002 0.002 0.740(0.603 to 0.877) 0.002 0.425 0.321 0.824 0.064 0.645(0.478 to 0.811) 0.064

GOS Glasgow Outcome Score, ROC = receiver operating curve, CI = confidence intervals.