Table 2

Results of Kruskal-Wallis H test and ordinal multivariate analysis to identify the aneurysmal wall enhancement patterns

VariablesKruskal-Wallis H testMultivariate analysis
Grade 0Grade 1Grade 2Grade 3P valueP value
Vmax-IA (cm/s)61.80±12.4967.72±23.9150.51±26.6651.83±26.200.250
Flowmax-IA (ml/s)7.57±3.897.25±2.998.93±5.898.14±6.290.953
WSSavg-IA (N/m2)0.62±0.220.59±0.180.37±0.150.19±0.14<0.001*0.002*
Vmax-APA (cm/s)79.50±13.9163.18±18.2354.78±22.2959.30±21.490.019*0.316
Flowavg-APA (ml/s)5.56±1.855.10±1.474.20±2.384.00±1.600.1000.420
Flowmax-APA (ml/s)8.46±2.727.56±1.996.36±3.345.95±2.320.0720.242
Inflow jet pattern0.011*0.591
Concentrated1 (8.3%)1 (11.1%)8 (53.3%)8 (61.5%)
Diffuse11 (91.7%)8 (88.9%)5 (33.3%)3 (23.1%)
Unvisualised0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)2 (13.4%)2 (15.4%)
Vorticityavg-IA (s-1)0.23±0.050.21±0.050.14±0.030.13±0.03<0.001*0.033*
Vorticitymax-IA (s-1)0.57±0.160.58±0.160.44±0.210.47±0.170.1570.074
  • *P< 0.05.

  • APA, adjacent parent artery; IV, intracranial aneurysm; V, velocity; WSS, wall shear stress.