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Table 4 Associations between MRI abnormalities and lupus phenotypes

From: The impact of disease activity and interferon-α on the nervous system in systemic lupus erythematosus

MRI volumes [mm3/mm3]

High versus low IFN-α phenotype

Moderate-high versus low SLEDAI-2 K phenotype

Estimated coefficient (95% CI)

P-value

Estimated coefficient (95% CI)

P-value

White matter lesion volume

-0.026 (-0.36–0.31)

0.88

0.38 (0.089–0.66)

0.011

Volume of all CSF spaces

3.5*10− 5 (-3.5*10− 5– 1.1*10− 4)

0.32

2.8*10− 5 (-3.7*10− 5– 9.3*10− 5)

0.40

Total cortex volume

-0.0060 (-0.013–0.0013)

0.10

-0.0037 (-0.010–0.0029)

0.26

Total white matter volume

-0.0040 (-0.010–0.0021)

0.19

6.1*10− 4 (-0.0049–0.0061)

0.83

Corpus callosum volume

-1.4*10− 4 (-3.1*10− 4– 4.0*10− 5)

0.13

-1.1*10− 4 (-2.7*10− 4– 4.0*10− 5)

0.14

Total grey matter volume

-0.010 (-0.019– -6.5*10− 4)

0.036

-0.0088 (-0.017– -3.8*10− 4)

0.041

Caudate nucleus volume

-3.3*10− 4 (-6.5*10− 4– -2.0*10− 5)

0.038

-1.8*10− 4 (-4.6*10− 4– 1.0*10− 4)

0.20

Pallidus volume

-5.1*10− 5 (-1.8*10− 4– 7.6*10− 5)

0.42

-6.6 *10− 5 (-1.9*10− 4– 5.

*10− 5)

0.29

Putamen volume

-2.8*10− 4 (-6.3*10− 4 − 6.8*10− 5)

0.11

-2.0*10− 4 (-5.3*10− 4– 1.3*10− 4)

0.22

Hippocampus volume

-1.3*10− 4 (-3.6*10− 4– 1.0*10− 4)

0.27

-8.7*10− 5 (-3.0*10− 4– 1.3*10− 4)

0.42

Amygdala volume

-8.8 *10− 5 (-2.2*10− 4– 4.7*10− 5)

0.20

-3.8*10− 6 (-1.3*10− 4– 1.2*10− 4)

0.95

Accumbens volume

-4.3*10− 5 (-1.2*10− 4 − 2.8*10− 5)

0.23

-2.0*10− 5 (-8.5 *10− 5– 4.5 *10− 5)

0.54

Thalamus volume

-5.1*10− 4 (-9.4*10− 4– -7.4 *10− 5)

0.023

-5.3*10− 4 (-9.0*10− 4– -1.6*10− 4)

0.005

  1. Abbreviations: IFN: Interferon. SLEDAI-2 K: SLE Disease Activity Index 2000. CI: Confidence interval. CSF: Cerebrospinal fluid