Table 4.
Differences in cortical thickness between the NC–MCI, MCI–AD and NC–AD groups computed with the proposed method.
| Structure | NC vs. MCI |
MCI vs. AD |
NC vs. AD |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Difference (mm) | p-Value | %Atrophy | Difference (mm) | p-Value | %Atrophy | Difference (mm) | p-Value | %Atrophy | |
| Hipp L | 0.566 | <0.001 | 17.67* | 0.200 | 0.198 | 7.59 | 0.766 | <0.001 | 23.92* |
| Hipp R | 0.432 | <0.001 | 14.25* | 0.308 | 0.019 | 11.83 | 0.740 | <0.001 | 24.40* |
| Ang L | 0.292 | <0.001 | 10.36* | 0.127 | 0.318 | 5.03 | 0.420 | <0.001 | 14.87* |
| Ang R | 0.244 | 0.002 | 9.19 | 0.106 | 0.325 | 4.40 | 0.351 | <0.001 | 13.18* |
| STG L | 0.247 | <0.001 | 9.68* | 0.056 | 0.490 | 2.41 | 0.302 | <0.001 | 11.85* |
| STG R | 0.254 | <0.001 | 9.49* | 0.062 | 0.424 | 2.56 | 0.315 | <0.001 | 11.81* |
| ITG L | 0.323 | 0.002 | 8.57 | 0.174 | 0.174 | 5.05 | 0.497 | <0.001 | 13.18 |
| ITG R | 0.305 | <0.001 | 8.16 | 0.180 | 0.192 | 5.25 | 0.486 | <0.001 | 12.99 |
| PHG L | 0.298 | <0.001 | 7.98 | 0.172 | 0.101 | 5.02 | 0.470 | <0.001 | 12.59* |
| PHG R | 0.236 | 0.002 | 6.25 | 0.344 | 0.001 | 9.72 | 0.580 | <0.001 | 15.37* |
| MTG L | 0.283 | <0.001 | 9.27* | 0.080 | 0.452 | 2.89 | 0.364 | <0.001 | 11.89* |
| MTG R | 0.237 | 0.005 | 7.57 | 0.128 | 0.283 | 4.44 | 0.365 | <0.001 | 11.68* |
Hipp, Hippocampus; PHG, Parahippocampal gyrus; ITG, Inferior temporal gyrus; MTG, Middle temporal gyrus; STG, Superior temporal gyrus; Ang, Angular. The star sign (*), indicates significantly atrophied regions, using a FDR-corrected p < 0.05.