Table 3. Cerebral perfusion parameters in white matter regions according to leukoariaosis severity (Fazekas grade).
Characteristics | 0 (n = 19) |
1 (n = 23) |
2 (n = 12) |
3 (n = 17) |
p value (Grade 1–3) |
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Relative Cerebral Blood Flow (rCBF) | |||||
Periventricular WM rCBF, mean±SD | 0.95±0.1 | 0.89 ±0.1 | 0.9±0.1 | 0.86 ±0.1 | 0.6 |
PH rCBF, mean±SD | 0.87±0.1 | 0.88 ±0.1 | 0.88±0.1 | 0.83±0.1 | 0.3 |
Relative Cerebral Blood Volume (rCBV) | |||||
Periventricular WM rCBV mean±SD | 0.82 ±0.2 | 0.88 ±0.2 | 0.77 ±0.2 | 0.78±0.1 | 0.1 |
PH rCBV, mean±SD | 0.90±0.1 | 0.92±0.1 | 0.91±0.1 | 0.86±0.2 | 0.4 |
Relative Tmax (rTmax), seconds | |||||
Periventricular WM rTmax, mean±SD | 1.1±0.6 | 1.3±2.5 | 2.6±2 | 3.4±3.5 | 0.2 |
PH rTmax, mean±SD | 1.6±1 | 2.3±1.4 | 2.2±1.3 | 2±1.9 | 0.7 |
Relative Mean Transit Time (rMTT), seconds | |||||
Periventricular WM rMTT mean±SD | 0.99±0.1 | 0.92±0.2 | 0.99±0.5 | 1±0.2 | 0.5 |
PH rMTT mean±SD | 1±0.1 | 0.96±0.1 | 1±0.2 | 1±0.3 | 0.4 |
WM, white matter; PH, Perihematoma region