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.