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Table 2 Radiological characteristics of non-remitters and remitters of poststroke fatigue

From: Subcortical white matter infarcts predict 1-year outcome of fatigue in stroke

Variable

Non-remitters

Remitters

 
 

N = 50

N = 47

 
 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

p

Number of acute infarcts

2.1 ± 2.9

1.1 ± 1.2

0.131C

Volume of acute infarct (cm3)

1.6 ± 2.1

3.1 ± 5.3

0.777C

Cortical

10 (20.0)

10 (21.3)

0.877b

Frontal

9 (18.0%)

4 (8.5%)

0.170a

Temporal

1 (2.0%)

1 (2.1%)

1.000b

Parietal

3 (6.0%)

2 (4.3%)

1.000b

Occipital

0 (0%)

2 (4.3%)

0.232b

Subcortical white matter

20 (40.0%)

10 (21.3%)

0.046a

Basal ganglia

8 (16.0%)

9 (19.1%)

0.684a

Thalamus

4 (8.0%)

3 (6.4%)

1.000b

Infratentorial

4 (8.0%)

9 (19.1%)

0.107b

Brain stem

4 (8.0%)

6 (12.8%)

0.516b

Cerebellum

1 (2.0%)

4 (8.5%)

0.195b

Fazekas DWMH score

1.1 ± 0.9

1.2 ± 0.8

0.549C

Fazekas PVH score

1.2 ± 0.8

1.3 ± 0.7

0.637C

Number of old infarcts

0.5 ± 1.1

0.7 ± 1.5

0.370C

  1. DWMH indicates deep white matter hyperintensities; PVH, Periventricular hyperintensities.
  2. aChi-square test; bFisher’s exact test; CMann-Whitney U test.