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. 2018 Oct 9;9:1429. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01429

Table 4.

Gender difference of the presymptomatic WD patients in brain MRI.

Localization Men (n = 10) Women (n = 4) P-value
Putamen (lesions) 9 (90%) 4 (100%) 1.000
Globus pallidus (lesions) 3 (30%) 1 (25%) 1.000
Caudate nucleus (lesions) 2 (20%) 1 (25%) 1.000
Thalamus (lesions) 2 (20%) 2 (50%) 0.520
Mesocerebrum (lesions) 4 (40%) 2 (50%) 1.000
Pons (lesions) 2 (20%) 2 (50%) 0.520
Medulla (lesions) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Cerebellum (lesions) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Cerebellum (atrophy) 0 (0%) 1 (25%) 0.286
Ventricular widening 1 (10%) 1 (25%) 0.505
Brain cortex (atrophy) 0 (0%) 1 (25%) 0.286
Encephalomalacia 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Date do not sum to 100% because of rounding errors; P for significance after Bonferroni correction: 0.004.