Imaging finding | MRI | CT | Comparison of MRI with CT | ||||
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Number of studies | Diagnostic odds ratio (95% CI) | Number of studies | Diagnostic odds ratio (95% CI) | Ratio of diagnostic odds ratios (95% CI) | p-value | tau2 | |
Global assessment | 4 | 9.43 (0.67,132) | 2 | 3.98 (0.10,160) | 2.37 (0.03,222) | 0.63 | 2.17 |
Lacunar infarcts | 4 | 12.99 (3.02,55.9) | 3 | 4.85 (1.06,22.2) | 2.68 (0.33,22.0) | 0.28 | 0.65 |
Non-lacunar infarcts | 4 | 8.79 (3.20,24.2) | 2 | 3.49 (1.27,9.59) | 2.52 (0.60,10.5) | 0.15 | 0 |
General infarcts | 3 | 16.78 (2.01,139) | 4 | 29.58 (3.99,219) | 0.57 (0.03,10.5) | 0.64 | 1.53 |
White matter hyperintensities | 6 | 5.98 (1.90,18.9) | 11 | 2.79 (1.43,5.44) | 2.14 (0.57,8.09) | 0.24 | 0.63 |
Periventricular hyperintensities | 7 | 3.83 (0.71,20.6) | 3 | 2.15 (0.24,19.3) | 1.78 (0.11,28.2) | 0.64 | 1.98 |
Basal ganglia hyperintensities | 4 | 10.17 (1.62,63.9) | 1 | 4.06 (0.15,109) | 2.50 (0.58,108) | 0.50 | 0.75 |