Table 3:

Metabolite ratios from the single voxel proton spectroscopy

Patient No.Age at StudyLac/Ch (BG)Lac/NAA (BG)NAA/Ch (BG)Cr/NAA (BG)Cr/Ch (BG)Lac/Ch (W/M)Lac/NAA (WM)NAA/Ch (WM)Cr/NAA (WM)
153a2 d0.581.260.460.880.41MDMDMDMD
153b6 d0.651.890.340.970.33MDMDMDMD
154a2 d0.140.200.720.690.490.470.670.710.51
154b4 d0.190.220.830.720.600.300.560.530.78
155a1 d0.170.220.790.600.470.390.630.620.62
155b6 d0.120.200.620.800.500.230.400.590.61
155c8 d0.070.100.720.800.570.120.250.470.73
162a2 d0.090.120.750.720.540.390.630.620.58
162b7 d0.040.060.680.550.370.110.190.560.38
162b7 d0.040.060.680.550.370.110.190.560.38
163a1 d0.991.730.570.950.541.111.940.570.86
163b3 d1.062.810.381.090.411.132.780.410.90
167a1 d0.160.170.930.520.490.130.190.690.61
167b4 d0.150.210.720.640.460.150.200.740.52
170a2 dMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD
170b3 dMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD
178a1 d0.150.250.600.590.350.280.340.800.48
178b4 d0.480.900.540.860.460.340.490.690.60
178c8 d0.230.350.660.850.560.200.370.550.66
193a2 d0.380.400.950.600.570.400.510.770.43
193b7 d0.431.170.370.860.320.491.380.350.69
195a2 d0.040.500.750.570.430.010.020.640.62
195b14 d0.000.000.910.540.490.010.020.870.37
  • Note:—Ch indicates choline; NAA, N-acetylaspartate; MD, missing data.