Table 2. MRI characteristics, prevalence of single SVD markers, SVD subscores and SVD specification of the study sample.
MRI characteristics | ||
Normalized Brain Volume (nIcV in %) | 69 (1) | |
WMH volume (cm3) | 12.19 (12.17) | |
WMH score deep WMH | N | % |
0 | 104 | 15.3 |
1 | 430 | 63.4 |
2 | 124 | 18.3 |
3 | 20 | 2.9 |
WMH score perivent WMH | ||
0 | 21 | 3.1 |
1 | 436 | 64.3 |
2 | 178 | 26.3 |
3 | 43 | 6.3 |
CMB | ||
0 | 599 | 88.3 |
1–3 | 70 | 10.3 |
>3 | 9 | 1.4 |
Lacune | ||
0 | 639 | 94.2 |
1 | 28 | 4.1 |
≥2 | 11 | 1.6 |
PVS in BG | ||
0 | 2 | 0.3 |
1 | 402 | 59.3 |
2 | 249 | 36.7 |
3 | 24 | 3.5 |
4 | 1 | 0.1 |
Score 1 on SVD scale | N | % |
SVD WMH (WMH score 2 or 3 in deep WMH &/or WMH score 3 in perivent WMH) | 152 | 22.4 |
SVD CMB (1 or more CMB) | 79 | 11.7 |
SVD lacune (1 or more lacunes) | 39 | 5.8 |
SVD PVS (grade 2–4 in BG) | 274 | 40.4 |
Sample characteristics are presented as mean and standard deviation (SD in brackets) if not otherwise specified.
BG = basal ganglia; Normalized Brain Volume (nIcV) = brain volume normalized by intracranial volume; lacune = lacune of presumed vascular origin, CMB = cerebral microbleeds, N = number of subjects, perivent = periventricular; PVS = perivascular spaces, WMH = white matter hyperintensities.