From: Clinical correlates of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis
CCSVI Variables | All MS n= 273 | RR-MS n= 181 | SP-MS n= 80 | PP-MS n= 12 | p-value |
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CCSVI diagnosis | 153 (56.0%) | 89/181 (49.2%) | 58/80 (72.5%) | 6/12 (50.0%) | 0.002 |
Criterion 1 | 127 (46.5%) | 76 (42.0%) | 45 (56.2%) | 6 (50.0%) | 0.10 |
Criterion 2 | 98 (35.9%) | 53 (29.3%) | 40 (50.0%) | 5 (41.7%) | 0.005 |
Criterion 3 | 173 (63.4%) | 115 (63.5%) | 52 (65.0%) | 6 (50.0%) | 0.60 |
Criterion 4 | 28 (10.3%) | 12 (6.6%) | 15 (18.8%) | 1 (8.3%) | 0.012 |
Criterion 5 | 31 (11.4%) | 12 (6.6%) | 19 (23.8%) | 0 (0%) | < 0.001 |
Number of abnormal criteria | 1.7 ± 1.1 | 1.5 ± 1.1 | 2.2 ± 1.1 | 1.5 ± 1.0 | < 0.001 |
VHISS | 2.9 ± 1.9 | 2.6 ± 1.8 | 3.7 ± 2.0 | 2.5 ± 1.6 | < 0.001 |