Table 5.
Summary estimates of diagnostic odds ratios from non-autopsy studies, according to imaging finding and method, and comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of the two methods
| Imaging finding | MRI |
CT |
Comparison of MRI with CT |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of studies | Diagnostic odds ratio (95% CI) | Number of studies | Diagnostic odds ratio (95% CI) | Ratio of diagnostic odds ratios (95% CI) | p-value | tau2 | |
| Global assessment |
4 |
9.43 (0.67,132) |
2 |
3.98 (0.10,160) |
2.37 (0.03,222) |
0.63 |
2.17 |
| Lacunar infarcts |
4 |
12.99 (3.02,55.9) |
3 |
4.85 (1.06,22.2) |
2.68 (0.33,22.0) |
0.28 |
0.65 |
| Non-lacunar infarcts |
4 |
8.79 (3.20,24.2) |
2 |
3.49 (1.27,9.59) |
2.52 (0.60,10.5) |
0.15 |
0 |
| General infarcts |
3 |
16.78 (2.01,139) |
4 |
29.58 (3.99,219) |
0.57 (0.03,10.5) |
0.64 |
1.53 |
| White matter hyperintensities |
6 |
5.98 (1.90,18.9) |
11 |
2.79 (1.43,5.44) |
2.14 (0.57,8.09) |
0.24 |
0.63 |
| Periventricular hyperintensities |
7 |
3.83 (0.71,20.6) |
3 |
2.15 (0.24,19.3) |
1.78 (0.11,28.2) |
0.64 |
1.98 |
| Basal ganglia hyperintensities | 4 | 10.17 (1.62,63.9) | 1 | 4.06 (0.15,109) | 2.50 (0.58,108) | 0.50 | 0.75 |