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Table 4 The ADC values of the individual brain regions in the patients and the control subjects (mean ADC ± SD; × 10-3mm2/sec)

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

Brain region

Patients (n = 22)

Controls (n = 23)

 

Favourable outcome (n = 7)

Unfavourable outcome (n = 15)

 

Frontal cortex

0.917 ± 0.056

0.563 ± 0.232a,b

0.859 ± 0.057

Frontal white matter

0.736 ± 0.031

0.738 ± 0.050a

0.697 ± 0.035

Parietal cortex

0.860 ± 0.088

0.475 ± 0.167a,b

0.877 ± 0.040

Parietal white matter

0.741 ± 0.070

0.774 ± 0.084

0.744 ± 0.043

Temporal cortex

0.910 ± 0.052

0.616 ± 0.291a,b

0.926 ± 0.050

Temporal white matter

0.781 ± 0.044

0.796 ± 0.056

0.778 ± 0.026

Occipital cortex

0.911 ± 0.032

0.417 ± 0.184a,b

0.896 ± 0.044

Occipital white matter

0.768 ± 0.086

0.741 ± 0.067

0.762 ± 0.032

Precentral cortex

0.743 ± 0.085

0.425 ± 0.149 a,b

0.719 ± 0.028

Postcentral cortex

0.737 ± 0.083

0.494 ± 0.173a,b

0.725 ± 0.036

Caudate nucleus

0.770 ± 0.069

0.589 ± 0.204a,b

0.808 ± 0.065

Putamen

0.763 ± 0.093

0.456 ± 0.138a,b

0.788 ± 0.050

Thalamus

0.824 ± 0.079

0.563 ± 0.144a,b

0.790 ± 0.044

Cerebellum

0.731 ± 0.084

0.690 ± 0.130

0.757 ± 0.043

Pons

0.740 ± 0.072

0.753 ± 0.111

0.769 ± 0.056

  1. aSignificant compared to the controls at P < 0.05 using one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the Scheffe post hoc test.
  2. bSignificant when comparing the unfavourable outcomes to the favourable outcomes at P < 0.05 using one way ANOVA with the Scheffe post hoc test.
  3. ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient