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Table 2 Restricted diffusion abnormalities on the diffusion-weighted imaging for patients with anoxic encephalopathy

From: Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for predicting the clinical outcome of comatose survivors after cardiac arrest: a cohort study

Brain region

Favourable outcome (n = 13)

Unfavourable outcome (n = 26)

P value

Cerebral cortex

1 (8)

21 (81)

< 0.001

   Frontal

0 (0)

18 (69)

< 0.001

   Parietal

1 (8)

20 (77)

< 0.001

   Temporal

1 (8)

16 (62)

0.002

   Occipital

1 (8)

20 (77)

< 0.001

   Rolandic

1 (8)

21 (81)

< 0.001

Precentral

0 (0)

21 (81)

< 0.001

Postcentral

1 (8)

20 (77)

< 0.001

Subcortical white matter

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

Basal ganglia

3 (23)

19 (77)

0.002

   Caudate nuclei

2 (15)

17 (65)

0.006

   Putamen

2 (15)

17 (65)

0.006

Thalamus

2 (15)

16 (62)

0.008

Cerebellum

0 (0)

7 (27)

0.073

Pons

0 (0)

2 (8)

0.544

  1. The data are given in numbers (percentages) of patients. Statistical analyses were done by Fisher's exact test.