Table 3. Brain atrophy indices in MS patients.
| Group | N = | f:m | age | disease | Evans | CHI | CMI | BCI | maximum | maximum | MFSS | MIF | MSF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width | width | ||||||||||||
| duration | ratio | of 3rd | of 4th | ||||||||||
| ventricle | ventricle | ||||||||||||
| RRMS | 17 | 11:6 | 39.75 | 8.1 | 0.26 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.22 | 5.5 | 11.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
| without ON | |||||||||||||
| STE | ± 2.5 | ± 2.5 | ± 0.1 | ± 0.1 | ± 0.2 | ± 0.005 | ± 0.73 | ± 0.37 | ± 0.2 | ± 0.2 | ± 0.2 | ||
| range | 19.75–61.0 | 1.0–45.0 | 0.17–0.34 | 0.05–0.21 | 0.1–0.33 | 0.17–0.25 | 1.5–11.1 | 9.3–14.0 | 1.0–4.1 | 1.5–4.3 | 1.0–5.0 | ||
| RRMS | 6 | 5:1 | 36.5 | 13.6 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.22 | 3.6 | 10.8 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| with ON | |||||||||||||
| STE | ± 4.0 | ± 4.3 | ± 0.1 | ± 0.1 | ± 0.2 | ± 0.01 | ± 0.59 | ± 0.96 | ± 0.4 | ± 0.3 | ± 0.5 | ||
| range | 19.75–47.5 | 2.0–27.5 | 0.21–0.25 | 0.05–0.12 | 0.07–0.21 | 0.19–0.24 | 1.7–5.2 | 7.3–13.5 | 2.0–4.0 | 1.3–3.4 | 1.0–4.0 | ||
| SPMS | 2 | 1:1 | 36.75 | 10.25 | 0.26 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 7.3 | 10.3 | 3.40 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
| without ON | |||||||||||||
| STE | ± 9.75 | ± 3.75 | ± 0.1 | ± 0.2 | ± 0.2 | ± 0.04 | ± 1.4 | ± 0.3 | ± 0.7 | ± 0.5 | ± 0.8 | ||
| range | 27.0; 46.5 | 6.5; 14.0 | 0.25–0.27 | 0.10–0.13 | 0.23–0.27 | 0.22–0.31 | 5.9–8.7 | 10.0–10.6 | 2.7–4.1 | 3.3–4.3 | 2.0–3.6 | ||
| SPMS | 3 | 1:2 | 40.75 | 19.75 | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 5.5 | 11.4 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| with ON | |||||||||||||
| STE | ± 5.2 | ± 5.9 | ± 0.2 | ± 0.1 | ± 0.2 | ± 0.02 | ± 1.72 | ± 1.0 | ± 0.1 | ± 0.4 | ± 0.5 | ||
| range | 30.5–47.5 | 8.5–28.3 | 0.20–0.25 | 0.08–0.12 | 0.12–0.19 | 0.16–0.22 | 3.6–8.9 | 9.4–12.7 | 2.7–3.0 | 1.2–2.5 | 1.4–2.8 |
CHI, the caudate head index; BCI, the basal cistern index; CMI, the cella media index; MIF, the maximum width of the anterior interhemispheric fissure; MSF, the maximum width of the Sylvian fissure; and MFSS, the maximum frontal subarachnoid space.