Table 1 Healthy controls association with age and gender.

From: Evaluation of magnetic resonance spectroscopy total sodium concentration measures, and associations with microstructure and physical impairment in cervical myelopathy

 

N

Unstandardised β

% 95 CI

p

R2

Age in healthy controls

 TSC

15

− .15

− .82 to 0.52

0.634

 

 CSA

16

− .04

− 1.1 to 1.0

0.941

 

 FISO

16

− 6.4

− 116 to 103

0.902

 

 FICVF

16

72

− 78 to 222

0.321

 

 ODI

16

− 93

− 453 to 267

0.587

 

 MTV

16

− 8.1

− 196 to 180

0.927

 

Gender in healthy controls

 TSC

15

− 0.03

− .05 to -.02

0.001*

0.575

 CSA

16

0.005

− .028 to 0.37

.755

 

 FISO

16

0.53

− 2.9 to 3.9

.743

 

 FICVF

16

3.70

− .68 to 8.1

0.092

 

 ODI

16

− 3.2

− 14 to 8.0

0.548

 

 MTV

16

1.8

− 3.9 to 7.6

0.511

 
  1. Regression analysis showing the association of age and gender on MRI metrics in healthy controls. Significant values are in italics.
  2. *TSC = total sodium concentration, FICVF = intracellular volume fraction, FISO Fraction of ISOtropic signal, ODI = Orientation Dispersion Index, MTV = Macromolecular Tissue Volume.
Back to article page