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Table 4.

Results of the significance (p-values) of the Kruskal–Wallis (K–W) and Mood’s Median tests for normotensive vs. hypertensive patients, patients grouped by scores of perivascular spaces in the basal ganglia and patients grouped by SVD scores 0–4.

			Cerebrospinal fluid		Normal-appearing white matter		Deep gray matter		Index stroke lesion		White matter hyperintensities

			K–W	Median	K–W	Median	K–W	Median	K–W	Median	K–W	Median
Normotensive vs. hypertensive patients	Homogeneity	Pre-Gd	0.479	0.632	0.059	0.151	0.001^**	0.002^*	0.689	0.688	0.008^*	0.007^*
	Homogeneity	Post-Gd	0.508	0.632	0.010^*	0.038^*	0.002^*	0.017^*	0.482	1.000	0.002^*	0.007^*
	Variability	Pre-Gd	0.807	0.873	0.087	0.264	0.005^*	0.002^*	0.415	0.422	0.033^*	0.025^*
	Variability	Post-Gd	0.662	0.632	0.013^*	0.151	0.011^*	0.017^*	0.449	0.688	0.006^*	0.011^*

Patients grouped by BG-PVS scores	Homogeneity	Pre-Gd	0.014^*	0.097	0.310	0.459	0.001^*	0.014^*	0.627	0.532	0.001^**	0.001^**
	Homogeneity	Post-Gd	0.076	0.394	0.171	0.716	0.006^*	0.072	0.680	0.615	0.001^**	0.001^**
	Variability	Pre-Gd	0.008^*	0.013^*	0.167	0.094	0.001^**	0.002^*	0.782	0.240	0.001^**	0.001^**
	Variability	Post-Gd	0.030^*	0.026^*	0.072	0.374	0.001^**	0.010^*	0.721	0.240	0.001^**	0.001^**

Patients grouped by SVD scores (0–4)	Homogeneity	Pre-Gd	0.002^*	0.045^*	0.149	0.167	0.001^**	0.001^*	0.291	0.362	0.001^**	0.001^**
	Homogeneity	Post-Gd	0.001^*	0.006^*	0.122	0.073	0.004^*	0.110	0.330	0.463	0.001^**	0.001^**
	Variability	Pre-Gd	0.001^*	0.003^*	0.018^*	0.007^*	0.001^**	0.001^**	0.192	0.021^*	0.001^**	0.001^**
	Variability	Post-Gd	0.001^**	0.001^**	0.010^*	0.013^*	0.001^**	0.001^*	0.164	0.120	0.001^**	0.001^**

*p < 0.05.

**p < 0.001.