Table 2 Comparison of clinical and radiological features according to CSF1R gene mutation status.

From: Clinical spectrum of adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia in individuals of Korean ancestry

 

CSF1R gene mutation (N = 9)

CSF1R gene mutation negative (N = 19)

p-value

Sex (male)

5 (55.6%)

7 (36.8%)

0.432

Onset age

45.0 [44.0;46.0]

63.0 [58.0;70.0]

0.006

MMSE

17.0 [13.0;27.0]

19.0 [14.5;27.0]

0.805

Family history

3 (33.3%)

9 (47.4%)

0.687

Clinical features

 Cognitive impairment

8 (88.9%)

19 (100.0%)

0.321

 Psychiatric symptoms

6 (66.7%)

18 (94.7%)

0.084

 Pyramidal signs

5 (55.6%)

9 (47.4%)

1.000

 Parkinsonism

5 (55.6%)

10 (52.6%)

1.000

 Seizure

1 (11.1%)

7 (36.8%)

0.214

 Rapidly progressive course*

8 (88.9%)

5 (26.3%)

0.004

Brain imaging features

 Diffuse brain atrophy

8 (88.9%)

13 (68.4%)

0.371

 Bilateral cerebral WMH

9 (100.0%)

19 (100.0%)

1.000

 Thinning of the corpus callosum

7 (77.8%)

10 (52.6%)

0.249

 Hyperintensity in splenium

0.008

  None

2 (22.2%)

6 (31.6%)

 

  Focal

1 (11.1%)

11 (57.9%)

 

  Diffuse

6 (66.7%)

2 (10.5%)

 

 Hyperintensity in corticospinal tract

4 (44.4%)

2 (10.5%)

0.064

 DWI restriction

5/8 (62.5%)

6/19 (31.6%)

0.206

 Spotty small calcifications

1/8 (12.5%)

2/19 (10.5%)

1.000

Konno’s diagnostic criteria

0.007

 Possible

4 (18.2%)

18 (81.8%)

 

 Probable

5 (83.3%)

1 (16.7%)

 
  1. Median [Interquartile range] for continuous variable.
  2. N (%) for categorical variable.
  3. MMSE Mini-Mental State Exam, WMH white matter hyperintensity, DWI diffusion-weighted imaging.
  4. *Become bedridden within 5 years after onset.