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Table 5 Summary within-slice standard deviation differences between boys with DMD and healthy controls

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

  Control
N = 20
DMD
N = 28
LGE−
N = 17
LGE+ 
N = 9
Native/pre-contrast T1 (ms)
Global 74 (27) 100 (57)* 100 (37)* 104 (61)*
Septal 63 (31) 87 (31) 81 (25)* 92 (46)
Lateral 67 (27) 98 (46)* 91 (29)* 98 (47)*
Post-contrast T1 (ms)
Global   56 (24) 50 (14)# 81 (34)
Septal   39 (18) 35 (12)# 52 (14)
Lateral   57 (35) 50 (17)# 80 (37)
ECV (%)     
Global   7 (3) 6 (2)# 11 (7)
Septal   5 (2) 5 (2) 6 (1)
Lateral   5 (4) 6 (3)# 11 (8)
  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