Table 2. Voxel tissue composition of grey matter, white matter and CSF.
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| Region | Measure | Narrow ASD | s.d. | s.d. | Control | s.d. | F | P-value | |
| Basal ganglia | Grey matter | 62.20% | 12.94% | 64.99% | 6.01% | 54.31% | 16.49% | 2.65 | 0.084 |
| White matter | 35.68% | 13.07% | 33.04% | 5.12% | 43.84% | 17.13% | 2.73 | 0.078 | |
| CSF | 2.09% | 1.45% | 1.92% | 1.57% | 1.82% | 1.66% | 0.16 | 0.849 | |
| DLPFC | Grey matter | 45.35% | 14.48% | 45.32% | 14.01% | 2.17% | 14.37% | 0.38 | 0.685 |
| White matter | 48.79% | 17.57% | 49.37% | 16.70% | 54.06% | 17.34% | 0.68 | 0.685 | |
| CSF | 5.67% | 4.03% | 5.07% | 3.39% | 4.03% | 3.58% | 0.76 | 0.476 | |
| Parietal lobe | Grey matter | 44.47% | 7.94% | 47.61% | 7.62% | 44.89% | 6.33% | 1.03 | 0.366 |
| White matter | 35.16% | 14.10% | 34.47% | 11.98% | 38.39% | 11.43% | 0.35 | 0.706 | |
| CSF | 19.34% | 14.28% | 15.75% | 6.86% | 16.09% | 7.56% | 0.48 | 0.625 | |
Abbreviations: ANOVA, analysis of variance; ASD, autism spectrum disorder; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; DLPFC, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.