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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2008 Sep 23;64(12):1060–1068. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.08.007

Table 4. Statistical comparisons of each of the following structures: thalamus, hippocampus, amygdala, nucleus accumbens, caudate nucleus, globus pallidus and putamen, with no covariates.

Significant (p<0.05) effects are shown in bold.

F (df1,df2) p Measure Baseline Longitudinal
group effect group effect time effect group–by–time interaction
Thalamus Volume 2.79 (2,115) 0.066 2.2 (4,112) 0.074 14.55 (1,115) 0.0002 3.86 (1, 115) 0.052
Shape 2.54 (15,102) 0.0031 2.97 (15,101) 0.0006 5.27 (15,101) <0.0001 1.91 (15,101) 0.031
Hippocampus Volume 1.35 (2,113) 0.26 1.15 (4,110) 0.34 8.04 (1,113) 0.0054 1.25 (1,113) 0.27
Shape 0.95 (15,100) 0.52 0.93 (15,99) 0.53 4.71 (15,99) <.0001 2.22 (15,99) 0.010
Amygdala Volume 4.15 (2,113) 0.018 2.67 (4,110) 0.036 32.2 (1,113) <0.0001 0.18 (1,113) 0.68
Shape 2.54 (15,100) 0.0031 2.49 (15,99) 0.0037 3.77 (15,99) <0.0001 0.47 (15,99) 0.95
Caudate Nucleus Volume 1.39 (2,115) 0.25 2.1 (4,112) 0.086 2.14 (1,115) 0.15 5.23 (1,115) 0.024
Shape 2 (15,102) 0.022 2.04 (15,101) 0.019 2.8 (15,101) 0.0011 1.78 (15,101) 0.047
Putamen Volume 0.01 (2,115) 0.99 0.36 (4,112) 0.83 1.21 (1,115) 0.27 1.1 (1,115) 0.30
Shape 2.14 (15,102) 0.013 2.16 (15,101) 0.013 4.09 (15,101) <0.0001 1.09 (15,101) 0.38
Nucleus Accumbens Volume 1.67 (2,115) 0.19 1.55 (4,112) 0.19 0.1 (1,115) 0.76 2.74 (1,115) 0.10
Shape 1.68 (15,102) 0.066 1.48 (15,101) 0.13 2.53 (15,101) 0.0032 2.23 (15,101) 0.0096
Globus Pallidus Volume 0.02 (2,115) 0.98 0.23 (4,112) 0.92 2.3 (1,115) 0.13 0.79 (1,115) 0.37
Shape 1.82 (15,102) 0.042 1.85 (15,101) 0.037 1.5 (15,101) 0.12 0.71 (15,101) 0.77