Table 4

White matter and basal ganglia hyperintensities

DLB (n=27)AD
(n=28)
VaD
(n=25)
Con (n=26)p Value
Frontal:
 Prevalence22 (81%)25 (89%)24 (96%)19 (73%)
 Median score2231<0.054-150
Temporal:
 Prevalence3 (11%)4 (14%)3 (12%)1 (4%)
 Median score0000NS
Parietal:
 Prevalence15 (56%)13 (46%)19 (76%)8 (31%)
 Median score1030<0.014-151
Occipital:
 Prevalence2 (7%)3 (11%)6 (24%)3 (12%)
 Median score0000NS
Basal ganglia
 prevalence7 (26%)6 (21%)17 (68%)3 (12%)
 median score0020<0.0014-152
Total
 prevalence23 (85%)25 (89%)24 (96%)19 (73%)
 median score3481<0.0014-153
  • For abbreviations see table 2.

  • Post hoc Mann-Whitney U test showed significant differences between:

  • 4-150 Con and AD (p<0.05) and between Con and VaD (p<0.01)

  • 4-151 Con and DLB, Con and AD (p<0.05), and between Con and VaD (p<0.001)

  • 4-152 VaD and all other groups (p<0.001)

  • 4-153 Con and DLB, Con and AD, VaD and DLB (p<0.05), between VaD and AD (p<0.01), and between VaD and Con (p<0.001)