Table 1:

Patient characteristics and WML scores

AllMenWomen
Patient characteristics
 No. of patients (%)4825 (52%)23 (48%)
 Classic phenotype (No.) (%)48 (100%)25 (100%)23 (100%)
 No. of scan data sets (No.)229117112
 Age at first MR imaging (median) (range) (yr)44 (15–69)31 (15–55)46 (22–69)
 Patients <18 yr (No.) (%)2 (4.2%)2 (8.0%)0 (0.0%)
 Ever ERT (No.) (%)48 (100%)25 (100%)23 (100%)
 Months treated (mean)89 (SD, 34)92 (SD, 39)86 (SD, 30)
Events before first MR imaging
 Cerebrovascular event (No.) (%)2 (4.2%)1 (4.0%)1 (4.3%)
 TIA (No.) (%)1 (2.1%)1 (4.0%)0 (0.0%)
Kidney function at first MR imaging
 eGFR in mL/min/1.73 m2 (median) (range)101 (40–154)105 (49–154)100 (40–127)
 eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 (No.) (%)5 (10.4%)3 (12%)2 (8.7%)
WML scores
 Fazekas first MR imaging (median) (range)1 (0–6)0 (0–6)1 (0–6)
 Fazekas first MR imaging (mean)1.5 (SD, 1.7)1.4 (SD, 2.0)1.5 (SD, 1.3)
 Fazekas > 0 first MR imaging (No.) (%)29 (60%)11 (44%)18 (78%)
 Fazekas last MR imaging (median) (range)a1 (0–6)1 (0–6)1 (0–6)
 Fazekas last MR imaging (mean)1.5 (SD, 1.6)1.6 (SD, 1.9)1.4 (SD, 1.3)
 Fazekas > 0 last MR imaging (No.) (%)33 (69%)15 (60%)18 (78%)
  • Note:—eGFR indicates estimated glomerular filtration rate.

  • a For 32 patients, additional MR imaging after Fazekas scoring was performed. For these patients, the last known Fazekas score was used.