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Published in final edited form as: Neuroimage. 2009 Dec 16;53(3):1135–1146. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.12.028

Table 6.

Genetic (ρg), environmental (ρe) and phenotypic (ρp) correlations between regional measurements for cortical thickness, surface area and grey matter volume, all measured using the surface-based representation. Global cortical average thickness and surface were included as covariates. The significance is between brackets.

Cortical Thickness vs. Surface Area
Cortical Thickness vs. Grey Volume
Grey Volume vs. Surface Area
Structure name ρg ρe ρp ρg ρe ρp ρg ρe ρp
Frontal lobe
Sup. frontal g. −0.48 [1.9e-03] −0.13 [5.4e-01] −0.35 [6.3e-13] −0.14 [3.8e-01] +0.11 [5.8e-01] −0.04 [3.9e-01] +0.92 [4.4e-08] +0.90 [1.5e-04] +0.91
Mid. frontal g., rostral div. −0.45 [1.3e-01] +0.16 [2.5e-01] −0.05 [3.2e-01] −0.33 [3.2e-01] +0.41 [3.4e-03] +0.17 [2.1e-04] +0.96 +0.94 +0.95
Mid. frontal g., caudal div. +0.17 [4.1e-01] −0.20 [1.6e-01] −0.04 [4.4e-01] +0.38 [6.4e-02] +0.01 [9.6e-01] +0.18 [1.9e-04] +0.89 +0.91 +0.91
Inf. frontal g., opercularis +0.30 [1.6e-01] −0.34 [2.5e-03] −0.11 [2.3e-02] +0.50 [1.1e-02] −0.07 [5.5e-01] +0.16 [7.3e-04] +0.97 [8.0e-06] +0.94 [1.1e-08] +0.95 [7.9e-224]
Inf. frontal g., triangularis +0.22 [4.0e-01] −0.12 [3.8e-01] +0.00 [9.4e-01] +0.45 [9.8e-02] +0.11 [4.7e-01] +0.23 [3.9e-07] +0.96 [8.6e-04] +0.95 [1.2e-07] +0.95 [1.9e-228]
Inf. frontal g., orbitalis +0.41 [3.4e-01] −0.14 [1.9e-01] −0.03 [5.0e-01] +0.71 [1.2e-01] +0.25 [1.8e-02] +0.33 [9.0e-14] +0.94 [4.0e-02] +0.87 [1.7e-10] +0.88 [1.4e-140]
Orbitofrontal g., lat. div. +0.06 [8.7e-01] −0.42 [1.8e-03] −0.23 [4.5e-07] +0.37 [3.2e-01] +0.18 [1.4e-01] +0.20 [1.2e-05] +0.92 [9.3e-08] +0.73 [8.4e-04] +0.84 [2.0e-114]
Orbitofrontal g., med. div. −0.27 [1.9e-01] −0.06 [6.6e-01] −0.14 [2.2e-03] +0.46 [4.3e-02] +0.34 [6.4e-03] +0.38 [4.4e-17] +0.91 [2.6e-03] +0.86 [1.0e-07] +0.80 [4.4e-97]
Frontal pole +0.17 [6.8e-01] −0.19 [6.0e-02] −0.12 [7.9e-03] +0.41 [3.5e-01] +0.25 [2.0e-02] +0.28 [5.1e-10] +0.98 [5.2e-02] +0.86 [4.5e-12] +0.88 [1.2e-139]
Precentral g. +0.10 [5.4e-01] −0.27 [1.2e-01] −0.06 [2.0e-01] +0.46 [2.9e-03] +0.24 [2.1e-01] +0.37 [4.9e-15] +0.91 [1.1e-06] +0.80 [1.3e-03] +0.87 [5.9e-150]
Paracentral lobule −0.17 [4.5e-01] +0.23 [1.3e-01] +0.05 [2.5e-01] +0.39 [1.4e-01] +0.47 [1.6e-03] +0.42 [9.5e-19] +0.82 [3.1e-02] +0.94 [2.4e-09] +0.90 [6.0e-156]
Temporal lobe - Medial aspect
Entorhinal cortex −0.37 [1.5e-01] −0.12 [3.4e-01] −0.21 [5.8e-06] +0.19 [5.3e-01] +0.45 [2.5e-04] +0.36 [6.0e-15] +0.76 [3.1e-02] +0.75 [3.3e-08] +0.75 [1.2e-73]
Parahippocampal g. −0.32 [1.2e-01] −0.29 [4.9e-02] −0.30 [1.8e-10] +0.54 [3.2e-02] +0.57 [3.6e-04] +0.56 [7.0e-36] +0.63 [4.7e-03] +0.53 [2.5e-03] +0.57 [8.6e-38]
Temporal pole +0.32 [6.1e-01] +0.11 [2.8e-01] +0.13 [3.5e-03] +0.25 [7.8e-01] +0.65 [3.2e-10] +0.60 [4.0e-49] +1.00 [2.2e-02] +0.76 [1.2e-09] +0.81 [1.1e-96]
Fusiform g. +1.00 [5.9e-03] −0.15 [1.3e-01] +0.09 [4.4e-02] +0.96 [4.6e-04] +0.22 [5.8e-02] +0.43 [3.8e-23] +0.97 [4.8e-04] +0.90 [1.1e-13] +0.90
Temporal lobe - Lateral aspect
Sup. temporal g. +0.36 [4.8e-02] −0.38 [3.4e-02] +0.02 [6.1e-01] +0.71 [2.8e-06] +0.17 [4.3e-01] +0.51 [8.5e-28] +0.88 [1.9e-06] +0.79 [9.0e-05] +0.83 [1.3e-106]
Mid. temporal g. +0.28 [3.7e-01] −0.17 [1.7e-01] −0.03 [4.8e-01] +0.44 [1.5e-01] +0.22 [9.6e-02] +0.27 [5.6e-09] +0.97 [4.2e-07] +0.88 [5.1e-06] +0.92 [6.5e-178]
Inf. temporal g. +0.11 [6.3e-01] −0.09 [5.0e-01] −0.01 [8.3e-01] +0.47 [2.3e-02] +0.25 [8.7e-02] +0.35 [5.9e-14] +0.92 [4.6e-05] +0.90 [6.5e-07] +0.91
Trans. temporal cortex −0.40 [1.8e-02] +0.05 [7.7e-01] −0.20 [2.4e-05] +0.04 [8.2e-01] +0.51 [8.1e-04] +0.28 [4.5e-09] +0.89 [8.8e-09] +0.83 [9.3e-05] +0.86
Banks sup. temporal s. +0.21 [4.7e-01] +0.07 [5.6e-01] +0.12 [1.3e-02] +0.40 [1.4e-01] +0.31 [1.4e-02] +0.34 [2.1e-13] +0.96 [6.7e-10] +0.94 [8.6e-08] +0.95
Parietal lobe
Postcentral g. +0.36 [2.5e-02] +0.03 [8.6e-01] +0.21 [6.8e-06] +0.81 [2.0e-08] +0.31 [1.9e-01] +0.61 [1.4e-45] +0.83 [2.2e-05] +0.91 [7.1e-09] +0.87
Supramarginal g. −0.26 [2.9e-01] +0.00 [9.8e-01] −0.09 [4.6e-02] −0.03 [9.1e-01] +0.20 [8.8e-02] +0.12 [7.6e-03] +0.96 [6.0e-04] +0.95 [1.2e-09] +0.95
Sup. parietal cortex +0.59 [7.5e-03] −0.19 [1.7e-01] +0.13 [5.4e-03] +0.71 [6.2e-04] +0.25 [1.0e-01] +0.44 [6.6e-22] +0.98 [8.1e-46] +0.86 [5.8e-06] +0.92 [4.2e-178]
Inf. parietal cortex +0.45 [6.4e-02] −0.43 [2.1e-03] −0.08 [8.6e-02] +0.50 [1.7e-02] −0.12 [4.1e-01] +0.15 [1.2e-03] +0.99 [2.3e-07] +0.90 [1.2e-06] +0.94 [4.7e-207]
Precuneus cortex −0.05 [8.7e-01] −0.31 [5.6e-02] −0.18 [9.4e-05] +0.03 [9.1e-01] +0.16 [2.6e-01] +0.10 [3.0e-02] +0.99 [2.3e-11] +0.78 [5.1e-03] +0.92
Occipital lobe
Lingual gyrus +0.16 [3.5e-01] +0.01 [9.7e-01] +0.09 [5.7e-02] +0.54 [6.4e-04] +0.38 [6.4e-02] +0.47 [8.8e-23] +0.91 [1.9e-11] +0.89 [7.5e-04] +0.90 [1.3e-155]
Pericalcarine cortex +0.16 [3.3e-01] +0.04 [8.2e-01] +0.11 [2.7e-02] +0.52 [1.7e-03] +0.60 [6.9e-04] +0.55 [5.9e-33] +0.93 [1.8e-10] +0.76 [1.6e-03] +0.87
Cuneus cortex +0.35 [6.1e-02] +0.09 [5.8e-01] +0.22 [3.5e-06] +0.70 [4.7e-05] +0.46 [1.2e-02] +0.59 [2.3e-39] +0.92 [8.7e-06] +0.89 [1.8e-06] +0.90 [1.1e-155]
Lat. occipital cortex −0.05 [7.7e-01] +0.13 [4.7e-01] +0.03 [5.8e-01] +0.35 [4.8e-02] +0.35 [4.7e-02] +0.35 [1.2e-12] +0.92 [3.1e-05] +0.93 [1.3e-12] +0.92 [4.0e-180]
Rostral ant. div. +0.17 [6.3e-01] −0.36 [2.1e-03] −0.20 [1.3e-05] +0.59 [8.8e-02] +0.20 [9.4e-02] +0.27 [1.6e-09] +0.91 [2.1e-05] +0.78 [1.1e-04] +0.84 [2.7e-112]
Caudal ant. div. +0.18 [6.1e-01] +0.09 [3.8e-01] +0.11 [1.5e-02] +0.60 [1.1e-01] +0.48 [8.1e-06] +0.50 [5.4e-30] +0.88 [1.8e-02] +0.87 [1.5e-12] +0.87 [3.5e-132]
Post. div. −0.58 [1.5e-02] +0.27 [6.6e-02] −0.07 [1.2e-01] −0.17 [5.6e-01] +0.57 [5.4e-06] +0.34 [5.8e-12] +0.87 [1.1e-02] +0.91 [9.0e-08] +0.88 [2.2e-164]
Isthmus div. −0.21 [1.8e-01] −0.13 [5.9e-01] −0.18 [2.3e-04] +0.32 [4.5e-02] +0.22 [2.8e-01] +0.27 [1.5e-08] +0.86 [5.0e-06] +0.87 [1.3e-04] +0.86 [2.0e-124]
Insular cortex −0.30 [7.9e-02] +0.10 [7.0e-01] −0.16 [1.5e-03] +0.21 [2.4e-01] +0.54 [7.5e-03] +0.35 [1.2e-12] +0.84 [1.9e-07] +0.73 [4.9e-02] +0.80

The algorithm did not converge within the precision limit.