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. 2014 Oct 20;9(10):e109556. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109556

Table 2. Comparison between sequential cUS and T1- and T2-weighted TEA-MRI (n = 93).

Early cUS Term cUS$ Term cUS$
Normal/Mild Moderate/Severe Ex-vacuo VM Enlargement eCSF space
No Yes No Yes
(n = 81) (n = 12) P (n = 65) (n = 18) p (n = 42) (n = 41) p
TEA-MRI; median (range)
Global brain abnormality score 3 (0–9) 7.5 (3–15) .000 3 (0–13) 5.5 (2–15) .003 3 (0–15) 3 (1–13) .963
WM score 2 (0–7) 6 (3–11) .000 2 (0–11) 4 (1–8) .003 3 (0–8) 3 (0–11) .864
Cortical GM score 0 (0–3) 0 (0–1) .903 0 (0–2) 0 (0–3) .195 0 (0–1) 0 (0–3) .001
Deep GM score 0 (0–1) 0 (0–3) .022 0 (0–1) 0 (0–3) .153 0 (0–3) 0 (0–1) .314
Cerebellum score 0 (0–3) 2 (0–7) .001 0 (0–7) 0 (0–7) .438 0 (0–7) 0 (0–2) .015
$

term cUS data were missing for ten infants.