Comparison of Prevealence Rate and Distribution of White Matter Hyperintensityies Signals in Pilots and Ordinary People
Meng Caili
Liu Hongjin
Chen Xiaoping
Abstract：Objective To study comparatively the incidence of hyperintensities white matter hyperintensity signals (WMHS) in fighter pilots and normal human brain.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on 120 cases of fighter pilots and 200 cases of normal persons who had a hospital health examination for MR examination.The prevalence and location of WMHS were compared.Results Pilot WMHS were 18 cases,the incidence rate was 15％;the common people WMHS were 15 cases,the incidence rate was 7.5％.There was difference in two groups(P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The incidence of pilot WMHS is higher than that of the ordinary people,mainly located in the frontal lobe.
Keywords：pilotwhite matter hyperintensityies signalprevalence ratethedistribution
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)