Table 2.
Regional VT values among MS patients and healthy controls
| Region |
Six MS naive |
Three MS treatment (+) |
Five HC |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Min | Max | Mean | Min | Max | Mean | Min | Max | |
| Whole gray matter |
14.0 |
11.8 |
17.2 |
10.1 |
7.8 |
13.8 |
14.0 |
7.2 |
17.8 |
| ACC |
14.8 |
11.5 |
19.2 |
9.7 |
7.3 |
14.4 |
13.8 |
5.9 |
19.4 |
| Caudate |
12.8 |
10.5 |
16.2 |
10.2 |
8.0 |
14.1 |
13.5 |
7.5 |
17.3 |
| Putamen |
14.7 |
12.0 |
18.6 |
9.4 |
7.8 |
12.0 |
13.5 |
8.1 |
16.9 |
| Thalamus |
15.3 |
13.2 |
20.6 |
13.3 |
9.5 |
20.3 |
15.9 |
6.4 |
19.3 |
| Cerebellum |
14.9 |
12.6 |
17.6 |
10.5 |
8.4 |
14.3 |
14.1 |
7.4 |
18.6 |
| Frontal cortex |
14.9 |
12.9 |
17.2 |
10.7 |
8.1 |
14.6 |
14.7 |
7.3 |
19.1 |
| Hippocampus |
12.8 |
10.1 |
14.5 |
12.1 |
7.3 |
21.1 |
11.5 |
6.2 |
14.0 |
| Insular cortex |
14.1 |
12.3 |
19.0 |
10.7 |
8.3 |
14.2 |
13.9 |
7.2 |
19.8 |
| Lateral temporal cortex |
14.2 |
11.8 |
17.6 |
9.8 |
8.1 |
13.0 |
14.1 |
7.4 |
17.8 |
| Midbrain |
14.4 |
9.7 |
22.4 |
11.0 |
7.3 |
18.0 |
10.9 |
6.6 |
13.8 |
| Occipital cortex |
14.6 |
11.9 |
18.6 |
10.1 |
7.4 |
13.1 |
14.5 |
8.0 |
18.8 |
| Orbitofrontal cortex |
19.4 |
12.0 |
44.5 |
10.8 |
8.3 |
14.5 |
14.7 |
7.8 |
20.2 |
| Parietal cortex |
14.4 |
12.4 |
18.2 |
9.8 |
7.4 |
13.3 |
14.1 |
7.2 |
18.5 |
| PCC |
16.2 |
12.7 |
25.2 |
11.9 |
8.0 |
19.6 |
15.8 |
8.4 |
23.2 |
| Pons | 13.7 | 11.3 | 17.7 | 18.0 | 7.9 | 38.0 | 12.9 | 10.2 | 15.6 |
There was no significant difference of the VT values in any region among the three groups.