Table 4 Multivariate linear regression of aqueductal CSF stroke volume for sex, hydrocephalus morphology, age at diagnosis, hydrocephalus etiology, and burden of enlarged perivascular spaces in 147 patients with chronic adult hydrocephalus.

From: Aqueductal CSF stroke volume is associated with the burden of perivascular space enlargement in chronic adult hydrocephalus

Predictors

Coefficient

SE

t-value

p value

Intercept

191.3379

62.786

3.0475

0.003

Sex

    

Males–females

18.9741

19.692

0.9635

0.337

Hydrocephalus morphology

    

Tri-ventricular–tetra-ventricular

− 33.6577

20.493

− 1.6424

0.103

Age at diagnosis (years)

− 0.0341

0.796

− 0.0429

0.966

Hydrocephalus etiology

    

Unknown–secondary

7.1854

25.499

0.2818

0.779

Burden of ePVS

    

High–low

− 72.8090

23.382

− 3.1140

0.002

  1. The patients were considered with high enlarged perivascular spaces (ePVS) burden when at least 11 ePVS were found at both the levels of basal ganglia and of periventricular parenchyma, or with a low ePVS burden in the case of fewer ePVS at the same anatomic levels.
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