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Table 5 Summary estimates of diagnostic odds ratios from non-autopsy studies, according to imaging finding and method, and comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of the two methods

From: Is MRI better than CT for detecting a vascular component to dementia? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Imaging finding

MRI

CT

Comparison of MRI with CT

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