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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2012 Mar;159B(2):243–253. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32022

Table 4.

WM regional volume differences between Prader Willi Groups and Healthy Controls

Talairach Region Peak Coordinate k Z Score p Value

HWC > PWS mm mm mm FWE uncorr
* L Inferior Frontal White Matter −48 30 11 63 4.75 0.010 0.000
* L Precentral White Matter −46 5 20 10 4.39 0.042 0.000
* L Medial Temporal White Matter −40 −7 −26 758 4.70 0.012 0.000
* R Medial Temporal White Matter 41 −7 −26 84 4.47 0.031 0.000
* Brainstem (Medulla)/Cerebellum −11 −37 −48 152963 6.57 0.000 0.000

HWC > DEL

* R Inferior Frontal White Matter 32 36 15 31 4.51 0.026 0.000
* LInferior Frontal White Matter −48 30 11 26 4.63 0.016 0.000
* R Middle Temporal White Matter 47 −1 −31 283 4.58 0.020 0.000
* Cerebellum/Brainstem/Thalamus 11 −43 −46 146327 6.46 0.000 0.000

HWC > UPD

* R Anterior Cingulum 9 39 5 56 4.49 0.028 0.000
* R Middle Frontal White Matter/R Cingulum 31 36 14 6336 5.42 0.000 0.000
* L Inferior Frontal White Matter −27 29 14 1751 4.76 0.010 0.000
* L Inferior Frontal White Matter −23 11 36 68 4.42 0.037 0.000
* L Middle Temporal White Matter −40 −8 −19 986 4.81 0.008 0.000
* Thalamus/Brainstem/Cerebellum −9 −10 15 71864 5.99 0.000 0.000

UPD > DEL

* L Inferior Parietal White Matter −38 −20 23 553 4.71 0.012 0.000
* L Inferior Parietal White Matter −34 −32 37 152 4.54 0.024 0.000
DEL> UPD
* L Medial Orbital Frontal White Matter −5 27 −10 75 4.57 0.021 0.000

Listed Rostral to Caudal for each analysis; R= right, L= left, uncorr = uncorrected, k=cluster size, FWE= family wise error

*

Significant at p < .05 FWE corrected, clusters include all regions separated by a (/).