Table 2:

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

Fat-Suppressed T2-Weighted Vessel Wall MR ImagingSymptomatic MCA Plaque (n = 25)Asymptomatic MCA Plaque (n = 10)AUC
Stenosis degree (%)66 ± 1356 ± 40.768
Remodeling ratio1.16 ± 0.270.93 ± 0.090.800
Volume of each NPS threshold (mm3)
    0.4∼0.50.3 (0.1–1.2)0.8 (0.1–2.8)0.412
    0.5∼0.61.2 (0.5–1.9)1.0 (0.4–4.9)0.466
    0.6∼0.71.7 (0.6–2.7)1.7 (1.0–5.5)0.426
    0.7∼0.82.6 (1–3.1)2.2 (1.0–3.5)0.508
    0.8∼0.92.4 (1.2–4.2)2.0 (1.2–3.3)0.578
    0.9∼1.02.3 (1.2–4.5)1.9 (0.4–2.8)0.656
    1.0∼1.12.0 (1.2–3.5)0.8 (0–1.8)0.748
    1.1∼1.21.5 (0.6–2.4)0.4 (0–0.5)0.738
    1.2∼1.31.2 (0.5–2.2)0.5 (0–0.8)0.750
    1.3∼1.40.6 (0.3–1.3)0 (0–0.3)0.774
    1.4∼1.50.5 (0.1–0.8)0 (0–0.1)0.752
    1.5∼1.60.1 (0–0.8)0 (0–0.3)0.616
    1.6∼1.70.1 (0–0.6)0 (0–0)0.676
    1.7∼1.80 (0–0.5)0 (0–0)0.680
    ≥0.910.0 (4.9–15.1)3.1 (1.4–5.9)0.764
    ≥1.07.7 (3.6–12.2)1.8 (0.3–3.6)0.794
    ≥1.13.8 (2.6–8.7)1.2 (0–1.8)0.770
    ≥1.22.3 (1.3–6.3)0.9 (0–1.4)0.772
    ≥1.31.4 (0.4–4.5)0.3 (0–0.6)0.764
    ≥1.40.8 (0.1–3.2)0 (0–0.4)0.746
    ≥1.50.3 (0–2.8)0 (0–0.3)0.650
  • a Data are mean ± SD or median (interquartile range).