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. 2020 Feb 4;267(5):1491–1498. doi: 10.1007/s00415-020-09736-0

Table 3.

Imaging measures in DLB microbleed present and absent groups

Microbleeds absent Microbleeds present Beta (95% CI) p
n 18 12
Amyloid SUVR 1.25 (0.22) 1.25 (0.24) − 0.17 (− 0.51 to 0.18) 0.33
Grey matter volume (% of ICV) 37.5 (3.2) 36.6 (2.1) 0.03 (− 0.23 to 0.27) 0.88
Hippocampal volume (% of ICV) 0.15 (0.04) 0.15 (0.02) 0.17 (− 0.11 to 0.46) 0.22
Log WMH − 5.1 (1.2) − 4.7 (0.6) 0.07 (− 0.28 to 0.42) 0.68
Parietal perfusion SUVR 0.83 (0.10) 0.93 (0.11) 0.42 (0.04–0.79) 0.03
Occipital perfusion SUVR 0.97 (0.07) 1.02 (0.06) 0.35 (− 0.05 to 0.74) 0.08
MTL perfusion SUVR 0.78 (0.10) 0.78 (0.07) 0.19 (− 0.15 to 0.52) 0.27

General linear model with age as a covariate. Microbleed present n = 12 for grey matter and hippocampal volume, otherwise n = 11

Significant findings in bold

ICV intracranial volume, SUVR standardised uptake value ratio, WMH white matter hyperintensities, MTL medial temporal lobe