Skip to main content

Table 3 Comparison between 3.0T TLE and 3.0T HCs

From: Evaluation of the diagnostic utility on 1.5T and 3.0T 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy for temporal lobe epilepsy

Metabolite ratio

Left temporal pole

Right temporal pole

TLE

HCs

P value

TLE

HCs

P value

NAA/Cr

1.427 ± 0.159

1.779 ± 0.229

< 0.001

1.507 ± 0.242

1.779 ± 0.201

< 0.001

NAA/Cho

1.149 ± 0.191

1.365 ± 0.207

< 0.050

1.168 ± 0.241

1.351 ± 0.126

< 0.050

NAA/(Cho + Cr)

0.635 ± 0.087

0.77 ± 0.102

< 0.001

0.656 ± 0.118

0.765 ± 0.062

< 0.001

Cho/Cr

1.257 ± 0.129

1.314 ± 0.136

0.099

1.310 ± 0.150

1.323 ± 0.155

0.936