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Table 4 Summary T1 mapping and ECV differences between DMD patients and healthy controls

From: T1-Mapping and extracellular volume estimates in pediatric subjects with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and healthy controls at 3T

  Healthy Control
N = 20
DMD
N = 28
LGE−
N = 17
LGE+ 
N = 9
Native/pre-contrast T1(ms)
Global 1289 (56) 1332 (60)* 1315 (57)# 1350 (53)*
Septal 1300 (55) 1308 (40) 1299 (38) 1318 (54)
Lateral 1277 (58) 1348 (86)* 1322 (68)*# 1380 (71)*
Post-contrast T1(ms)
Global   598 (96) 635 (126)# 565 (113)#
Septal   639 (112) 643 (113) 591 (125)
Lateral   591 (128) 613 (134)# 542 (93)#
ECV (%)
Global   30 (4) 28 (4) 32 (8)
Septal   27 (3) 27 (4) 27 (4)
Lateral   30 (8) 29 (6)# 38 (7)#
  1. All subgroups compared to healthy controls
  2. *p-value ≤ 0.05 is significant
  3. #p-value ≤ 0.05 comparison between LGE− and LGE + patients