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. 2010 Jul;35(4):229–236. doi: 10.1503/jpn.090051

Table 2.

Group means and differences between schizophrenia patients and combined controls (mood disorder and healthy controls) for grey and white matter volumes

Group; brain volume, mm3, mean* (SE)
Schizophrenia v. mood disorder and healthy control participants
Brain region Schizophrenia, n = 12 Mood disorder, n = 12 Healthy control, n = 17 Mood + control, n = 29 Difference SE % p value
Intracranial 1303.0 (37.0) 1273.7 (37.9) 1360.9 (30.3) 1317.3 (23.9) −14.4 25.4 −1.1 0.75
Cerebrospinal fluid 223.5 (4.5) 197.9 (4.8) 199.0 (3.8) 198.7 (3.1) 25.0 5.4 12.6 < 0.001
Lateral ventricle 13.3 (1.1) 13.4 (1.2) 11.2 (1.0) 12.3 (0.7) 1.0 1.4 8.1 0.46
Total grey and white matter 1094.5 (5.6) 1116.4 (4.4) 1118.6 (2.6) 1116.4 (2.5) −23.0 6.2 −2.1 < 0.001
 Frontal lobe 554.5 (4.0) 564.4 (3.1) 571.0 (3.1) 567.1 (2.2) −13.2 4.7 −2.3 0.008
 Occipital lobe 146.9 (2.6) 150.3 (2.2) 148.6 (2.5) 149.3 (1.7) −2.5 3.2 −1.7 0.44
 Parietal lobe 204.4 (1.9) 212.1 (2.4) 208.6 (1.9) 210.1 (1.5) −5.9 2.5 −2.8 0.024
 Temporal lobe 188.6 (3.4) 189.5 (2.3) 190.5 (2.1) 189.8 (1.5) −1.3 4.0 −0.7 0.74
Grey matter 647.4 (7.6) 676.6 (5.3) 674.7 (2.9) 675.0 (2.8) −28.3 8.3 −4.2 0.002
 Frontal lobe 292.1 (4.2) 306.6 (3.1) 308.2 (1.9) 307.1 (1.7) −15.3 4.7 −5.0 0.002
 Occipital lobe 113.3 (2.2) 117.2 (1.7) 116.5 (1.9) 116.7 (1.3) −3.6 2.6 −3.1 0.18
 Parietal lobe 117.4 (2.1) 126.7 (1.5) 123.4 (1.4) 124.9 (1.0) −7.7 2.4 −6.2 0.003
 Temporal lobe 124.6 (2.4) 126.1 (1.9) 126.6 (1.5) 126.2 (1.1) −1.7 2.8 −1.4 0.55
White matter 447.1 (4.1) 439.8 (3.9) 444.0 (2.1) 441.4 (2.1) 5.3 4.7 1.2 0.27
 Frontal lobe 262.4 (3.3) 257.7 (2.6) 262.9 (2.1) 260.0 (1.6) 2.1 3.7 0.8 0.58
 Occipital lobe 33.7 (0.9) 33.2 (0.9) 32.1 (1.0) 32.6 (0.7) 1.0 1.2 3.2 0.37
 Parietal lobe 87.0 (1.2) 85.4 (1.3) 85.1 (0.8) 85.2 (0.7) 1.7 1.4 2.0 0.24
 Temporal lobe 64.1 (1.3) 63.4 (1.4) 63.9 (0.9) 63.6 (0.8) 0.4 1.6 0.6 0.82

SE = standard error of the mean.

*

Adjusted for age and intracranial volume.