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. 2012 Feb 29;32(7):1177–1187. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2012.18

Table 2. CBF, CMRO2, and OEF mean values in different age groups.

  Young
Middle age
Old
  Left Right Left Right Left Right
CBF
 GM 49 (7.3) 51 (8.3) 48 (7.1) 49 (7.8) 46 (7.2) 47 (8.2)
 F-M1 52 (6.2) 54 (7.0) 48 (5.7) 50 (6.4) 48 (5.2) 48 (6.3)
 P-S1 52 (6.5) 53 (7.2) 50 (5.7) 50 (6.8) 49 (5.9) 49 (6.9)
 T 47 (6.7) 48 (7.1) 46 (6.6) 47 (7.2) 43 (7.3) 44 (7.5)
 O 50 (7.1) 53 (7.7) 53 (7.2) 55 (7.7) 51 (6.3) 53 (7.0)
 M1S1 49 (6.4) 49 (7.5) 47 (5.9) 47 (6.7) 47 (5.1) 46 (6.6)
             
CMRO2
 GM 176 (28) 178 (31) 174 (28) 175 (32) 168 (29) 169 (32)
 F-M1 175 (22) 180 (23) 172 (21) 171 (22) 168 (20) 168 (21)
 P-S1 185 (23) 186 (23) 181 (19) 185 (24) 177 (22) 180 (26)
 T 169 (27) 173 (28) 167 (28) 168 (29) 159 (28) 164 (29)
 O 196 (29) 209 (34) 202 (30) 212 (33) 197 (30) 207 (33)
 M1S1 176 (21) 175 (26) 173 (20) 170 (22) 173 (23) 164 (23)
             
OEF
 GM 0.40 (0.05) 0.40 (0.05) 0.42 (0.04) 0.41 (0.05) 0.43 (0.05) 0.43 (0.05)
 F-M1 0.38 (0.04) 0.37 (0.04) 0.41 (0.04) 0.40 (0.04) 0.42 (0.04) 0.41 (0.04)
 P-S1 0.40 (0.04) 0.39 (0.04) 0.42 (0.04) 0.42 (0.04) 0.43 (0.04) 0.43 (0.04)
 T 0.41 (0.05) 0.40 (0.05) 0.42 (0.05) 0.41 (0.04) 0.44 (0.05) 0.44 (0.05)
 O 0.44 (0.05) 0.45 (0.05) 0.44 (0.04) 0.44 (0.04) 0.45 (0.05) 0.45 (0.06)
 M1S1 0.40 (0.04) 0.40 (0.04) 0.42 (0.04) 0.42 (0.04) 0.43 (0.05) 0.42 (0.04)

CBF, cerebral blood flow; CMRO2, cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption; F-M1, frontal lobe without primary motor area; GM, cortical gray matter; M1S1, primary motor and somatosensory area; O, occipital lobe; OEF, oxygen extraction fraction; P-S1, parietal lobe without primary somatosensory area; T, temporal lobe.

Mean (s.d.) parametric values in different age groups; young 21 to 39, middle age 40 to 59, and old 60 to 81 years, shown for each hemisphere. CBF (mL/100 g per minute), CMRO2 (μmol/100 g per minute), OEF is a ratio.