TABLE 5.
Volume of Brain Structures Other Than the Hippocampus in Male Patients With PTSD and in Matched Comparison Subjects
| Volume (mm3) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients With PTSD (N=26) |
Comparison Subjects (N=20)a |
Analysis of Variance |
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| Brain Region | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | F (df=l, 44) | p |
| Temporal lobeb | ||||||
| Left | 52,044 | 7,259 | 54,807 | 9,005 | 1.32 | 0.26 |
| Right | 58,773 | 9,247 | 63,606 | 10,923 | 2.69 | 0.11 |
| Mean | 55,408 | 7,362 | 59,206 | 9,019 | 2.53 | 0.12 |
| Caudate | ||||||
| Left | 3,056 | 578 | 3,310 | 907 | 0.34 | 0.56 |
| Right | 3,254 | 669 | 3,474 | 828 | 0.20 | 0.66 |
| Mean | 3,155 | 608 | 3,392 | 860 | 0.27 | 0.60 |
a
Data for the caudate and temporal lobe in two comparison subjects were missing.
b
As described in the Method section, the volume of the hippocampus was subtracted from that of the temporal lobe.