Table 3:

Sensitivity and specificity for the presence of SWI-filtered phase, T2, and their overlapping white matter signal abnormalities among patients with clinically isolated syndrome, other neurologic disorders, and age- and sex-matched healthy controlsa

CIS vs HCCIS vs OND
SensitivitySpecificityAccuracySensitivitySpecificityAccuracy
Phase WM-SA
    Total70.876.673.7b70.876.773.1b
    Periventricular66.776.671.6b66.78071.8b
    Juxtacortical27.110063.2b27.19051.3
    Infratentorial01000100
    Deep WM27.193.860c27.186.750
T2 WM-SA
    Total93.968.881.4b95.813.364.1
    Periventricular93.891.592.6b93.813.362.8
    Juxtacortical52.193.672.6b52.183.364.1c
    Infratentorial18.810058.9c18.896.748.7
    Deep WM81.374.577.9b81.353.370.5
Overlapping
    Total55.110077.3b56.39069.2b
    Periventricular54.210076.8b54.29067.9b
    Juxtacortical8.310053.7b8.393.341
    Infratentorial01000100
    Deep WM18.810059c18.893.347.4
  • Note:— indicates not applicable.

  • a Sensitivity and specificity were computed using cross-tabulations.

  • b P < .001.

  • c P < .01. P values have been corrected for false discovery rate at the P < .05 level.