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. 2024 Sep 6;121(18):587–593. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2024.0151

Table 3. Means and standard deviations for the volumes of gray matter, white matter, cerebrospinal fluid, and total brain (cm3) for the whole magnetic resonance imaging sample and separately for men and women*.

Whole sample Men Women
Age group N GMV WMV CSF TBV N GMV WMV CSF TBV N GMV WMV CSF TBV
Total 29 798 648.15
(62.95)
468.32
(58.28)
304.12
(62.20)
1143.92
(116.95)
16 647 679.57
(55.67)
495.84
(52.73)
327.03
(60.14)
1203.82
(102.06)
13 151 608.38
.(47.17)
433.49
(44.78)
275.11
(51.80)
1068.10
(86.69)
20–29 3109 699.07
(63.45)
468.79
(58.09)
249.41
(44.15)
1195.67
(118.44)
185 732.92
(52.61)
496.18
(51.66)
267.55
(41.35)
1258.04
(99.43)
1324 653.42
(45.76)
431.86
(44.18)
224.95
(35.09)
1111.58
(85.44)
30–39 3553 677.67
(61.25)
477.81
(58.21)
266.94
(46.30)
1183.62
(116.32)
2102 709.93
(49.22)
504.64
(51.70)
286.70
(40.69)
1243.79
(95.78)
1451 630.94
(44.57)
438.95
(43.26)
238.33
(38.29)
1096.45
(83.66)
40–49 8780 653.04
(58.44)
475.94
(58.11)
293.45
(49.25)
1156.92
(113.90)
4930 685.70
(47.88)
504.35
(51.89)
313.91
(44.27)
1219.10
(95.32)
3850 611.23
(41.70)
439.55
(43.53)
267.24
(42.43)
1077.30
(81.62)
50–59 8240 636.61
(55.23)
469.65
(57.29)
316.35
(55.38)
1133.73
(109.71)
4526 665.60
(47.47)
496.84
(51.74)
341.61
(50.06)
1190.78
(94.77)
3714 601.28
(41.82)
436.52
(44.95)
285.55
(45.00)
1064.20
(83.43)
60–69 5704 614.37
(53.53)
450.65
(55.80)
350.12
(62.31)
1091.22
(105.98)
3061 642.79
(46.46)
477.30
(50.93)
382.10
(54.81)
1146.94
(92.69)
2643 581.46
(40.82)
419.79
(44.05)
313.07
(48.41)
1026.69
(80.83)
70–74 412 603.77
(49.57)
438.77
(55.52)
383.48
(66.28)
1067.72
(101.81)
243 624.45
(45.22)
459.33
(53.06)
413.91
(58.15)
1109.43
(94.48)
169 574.04
(39.47)
409.22
(44.68)
339.71
(51.09)
1007.74
(79.78)

* The overall mean values across all age groups (20–74 years) and the means for the individual decades

CSF, Cerebrospinal fluid volume; GMV, gray matter volume; TBV, total brain volume; WMV, white matter volume