Table 1:

Volume of NPS threshold, stenosis degree, and remodeling ratio in non-fat-suppressed imaginga

Non-Fat-Suppressed T2-Weighted Vessel Wall MR ImagingSymptomatic MCA Plaque (n = 47)Asymptomatic MCA Plaque (n = 26)AUC
Stenosis degree (%)72 ± 1462 ± 120.692
Remodeling ratio1.10 ± 0.201.03 ± 0.180.608
Volume of each NPS threshold, mm3
    0.4∼0.50.1 (0–0.9)0.4 (0–1.5)0.408
    0.5∼0.60.6 (0.1–2.2)1.3 (0.3–3.3)0.394
    0.6∼0.71.2 (0.4–3.2)2.5 (0.8–5.0)0.415
    0.7∼0.81.4 (0.9–4.2)3.4 (1.3–6)0.398
    0.8∼0.92.4 (1.2–4.6)2.4 (1.5–5.5)0.482
    0.9∼1.03.1 (1.4–4.6)2.2 (0.8–3.3)0.592
    1.0∼1.12.8 (1.5–4.2)1.9 (0.8–3.3)0.615
    1.1∼1.22.6 (1.7–3.8)0.8 (0.5–2.2)0.740
    1.2∼1.31.9 (0.9–3.2)0.5 (0.1–1.2)0.797
    1.3∼1.41.2 (0.3–2.8)0.1 (0–0.5)0.837
    1.4∼1.51.2 (0.1–1.9)0 (0–0.3)0.798
    1.5∼1.60.5 (0–1.2)0 (0–0)0.764
    1.6∼1.70.1 (0–0.9)0 (0–0)0.731
    1.7∼1.80 (0–0.6)0 (0–0)0.667
    ≥0.915.1 (9.2–22.7)7.0 (2.9–12.3)0.760
    ≥1.011.1 (6.3–18.8)3.8 (1.5–8.2)0.772
    ≥1.18.8 (3.8–14.0)2.2 (0.6–4.6)0.795
    ≥1.26.8 (1.5–10.8)0.8 (0.1–2.2)0.795
    ≥1.34.0 (0.5–7.8)0.3 (0–0.9)0.815
    ≥1.41.9 (0.1–5.2)0 (0–0.4)0.795
    ≥1.50.6 (0–3.2)0 (0–0)0.772
  • a Data are mean ± SD or median (interquartile range).