Table 2:

Imaging metrics per patient age quartilea

Quartile 1Quartile 2Quartile 3Quartile 4P Value
LR-SR visible on T1W1b96%99%95%90%.03
LR-SR continuousc95%96%95%91%.40
LR-SR bowingd19%17%28%34%.03
LLA visiblee73%77%89%87%.01
  • Note:—LLA indicates lateral levator aponeurosis.

  • a Quartile 1: 9–39 years of age; quartile 2: 40–49 years of age; quartile 3: 50–61 years of age; quartile 4: 62–81 years of age.

  • b The percentage of cases in which the LR-SR band was visible on T1WI.

  • c The percentage of cases in which the LR-SR band was visible as a continuous structure extending from the superior muscle complex to the lateral rectus muscle (ie, no gaps or discontinuities).

  • d The percentage of cases in which the LR-SR band demonstrated superotemporal bowing.

  • e The percentage of cases in which the lateral levator aponeurosis was visible, distinct from the LR-SR band.