Number and size of brain lesions for rater 1 and assessment of brain morphologic features and characteristic signs
Quantitative Analyses | NMOSD (n = 79) | MS (n = 87) | P Value | Accuracy | κ Value |
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Total No. of lesions | 911 | 1659 | |||
Per patienta | 5 (1–18, 0–81) | 8 (3–28, 0–120) | .004c | ||
Diameter of lesions (mm)a | 5.7 (4.3–8.5, 3.0–45) | 6.1 (4.6–8.3, 3.0–56) | .046c | ||
In each region (mm)a | |||||
PVWM | 9.2 (5.3–14, 3.0–36) | 6.8 (5.1–9.5, 3.0–47) | <.001c | ||
DWM | 5.5 (4.2–7.7, 3.0–45) | 5.5 (4.3–7.4, 3.0–56) | .73c | ||
SCWM | 5.4 (3.7–7.2, 3.0–28) | 5.9 (4.5–7.9, 3.0–25) | .054c | ||
DGM | 5.9 (4.3–8.3, 3.1–30) | 6.7 (5.5–9.2, 3.5–48) | .31c | ||
BS | 6.2 (5.3–8.3, 3.3–22) | 6.9 (5.2–8.1, 3.6–16) | .96c | ||
Cerebellum | 3.7 (3.7–3.7, 3.7–3.7) | 7.3 (5.5–8.9, 3.4–21) | .17c | ||
Morphologic assessment | |||||
Brain atrophyb | 4 (5.1) | 5 (5.7) | 1d | 0.48 | 0.52 |
Ventriculomegalyb | 3 (3.8) | 3 (3.4) | 1d | 0.48 | 0.5 |
Characteristic signs | |||||
Ovoid lesionsb | 17 (21.5) | 55 (63.2) | <.001d | 0.71 | 0.68 |
T1 black hole lesionsb | 16 (20.3) | 47 (54) | <.001d | 0.66 | 0.65 |
Callosal-septal-interface lesionsb | 23 (29.1) | 48 (55.2) | .001d | 0.63 | 0.75 |
Isolated U-fiber lesionsb | 8 (10.1) | 24 (27.6) | .005d | 0.57 | 0.56 |
Dirty white matter lesionsb | 13 (16.5) | 23 (26.4) | .14d | 0.54 | 0.61 |
Tumefactive MS lesionsb | 1 (1.3) | 2 (2.3) | 1d | 0.48 | 0.74 |
Cloudlike enhancementb | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |