21 March 2023 : Clinical Research
Is There a Relationship Between Bell’s Palsy and White Matter Lesions?
Nurcan Yurtsever Kum
1ABCDEF*, Hatice Gul Hatipoglu Cetin 2ABCE
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.939723
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939723
Table 2 Comparisons of cerebral white matter lesions within the Bell’s palsy group according to House-Brackmann grade.
| House-Brackmann grade | G 2 (n=5) | G 3 (n=7) | G 4 (n=15) | G 5 (n=15) | G 6 (n=9) | aP | bP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PVWM Score | |||||||
| Mean±SD | 0.20±0.44 | 0.57±0.53 | 0.46±0.51 | 0.86±0.63 | 0.77±0.44 | 0.123 | |
| Min-Max (Median) | 0–1 (0) | 0–1 (0) | 0–1 (0) | 0–2 (1) | 0–1 (1) | ||
| DWM Score | |||||||
| Mean±SD | 0.00±0.00 | 0.57±0.53 | 0.66±0.72 | 0.80±0.56 | 0.88±0.60 | 0.071 | |
| Min-Max (Median) | 0–0 (0) | 0–1 (1) | 0–2 (1) | 0–2 (1) | 0–2 (1) | ||
| CWMLs (absence/presence)n (%) | 4/1 (80.0/20.0%) | 3/4 (42.9/57.1%) | 5/10 (33.3/66.7%) | 2/13 (13.3/86.7%) | 1/8 (11.1/88.9%) | 0.040* | >0.05other binary comparisons* |
| a Kruskal-Wallis test; b Mann-Whitney U test; * P G – House-Brackmann grade; PVWM – periventricular white matter; DWM – deep white matter; SD – standard deviation; CWML – cerebral white matter lesions. | |||||||