Table 12 Area of brainstem peri-cerebral and anterior prepontine cisterns (cm2) and brainstem volume ratio of each group.

From: MRI imaging characteristics of brainstem and midbrain aqueduct in patients with iNPH

Group

Prepontine cistern area

t-value

P-value

Paired t-value

Paired P-value

Patients with iNPH

5.88 ± 1.24

33.462

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

Healthy subjects

4.54 ± 1.03

23.797

< 0.001

Group

Brainstem to cistern volume ratio

t-value

P-value

Paired t-value

Paired P-value

Patients with iNPH

0.487 ± 0.048

72.309

< 0.001

−5.747

< 0.001

Healthy subjects

0.563 ± 0.061

50.353

< 0.001