Table 2:
Summary statistics for variables of interest by pattern of contrast enhancement
| Variable and Category | Negative (n = 76) | Contrast Enhancement |
Others (n = 14) | P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LM (n = 24) | Cortical + LM (n = 21) | ||||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 29 (38.2%) | 4 (16.7%) | 5 (23.8%) | 6 (42.9%) | .154 |
| Female | 47 (61.8%) | 20 (83.3%) | 16 (76.2%) | 8 (57.1%) | |
| Age | |||||
| Median | 44 | 45 | 24 | 57 | .011 |
| Mean | 42 | 40 | 32 | 55 | |
| MRI severity | |||||
| Minimal | 8 (10.5%) | 2 (8.3%) | 2 (9.5%) | 1 (7.1%) | .942 |
| Mild | 37 (48.7%) | 10 (41.7%) | 10 (47.6%) | 6 (42.9%) | |
| Moderate | 18 (23.7%) | 6 (25%) | 6 (28.6%) | 6 (42.9%) | |
| Severe | 13 (17.1%) | 6 (25%) | 3 (14.3%) | 1 (7.1%) | |
| Symptom | |||||
| Seizure | 48 (63.2%) | 12 (50%) | 16 (76.2%) | 9 (64.3%) | .322 |
| AMS | 20 (26.3%) | 5 (20.8%) | 3 (14.3%) | 4 (28.6%) | |
| Others | 8 (10.5%) | 7 (29.2%) | 2 (9.5%) | 1 (7.1%) | |
| IPH | |||||
| Yes | 6 (7.9%) | 5 (20.8%) | 1 (4.8%) | 2 (14.3%) | .233 |
| No | 70 (92.1%) | 19 (79.2%) | 20 (95.2%) | 12 (85.7%) | |
| SBPmax (mean) | 168.8 | 166.7 | 142.8 | 172.8 | .037 |
| DBPmax (mean) | 97.23 | 96.74 | 88.11 | 99.08 | .260 |
| Outcome score | |||||
| Missing +4 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 8 | |
| 0 | 33 (78.6%) | 8 (72.7%) | 10 (71.4%) | 5 (83.3%) | .305 |
| 1 | 4 (9.5%) | 1 (9.1%) | 2 (14.3%) | 8 | |
| 2 | 5 (11.9%) | 0 | 2 (14.3%) | 1 (16.7%) | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 (18.2%) | 0 | 0 | |
Note:—LM indicates leptomeningeal; IPH, intraparenchymal hemorrhage; AMS, altered mental status.