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Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2010 Jan 5;0(1):120–131. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30964

Table 2.

Normalized fMRI signal change differences in controls, first-degree relatives of persons with bipolar disorder (RELs), and persons with bipolar disorder (BD) during fMRI (2-back WM > 0- back task contrast) and analyses of covariance for potential confounders.

Regions of Interest L/R Cluster extent Coordinates (MNI)a Difference in fMRI Response Between Groups fMRI Response Difference using ANCOVA

(voxels) (x, y, z) Comparison tb Effect Size (d) p-value Effect Size (d) p-value
Anterior insula (BA 13) L 49 −39, −3, 15 BD > Con 4.84 1.61 .040c 1.33 (Alc-r)
1.34 (IQ)
1.51 (Drg-l)
1.60 (Age)
1.67 (2b)
1.70 (Edu)
1.70 (Alc-l)
1.28 (Drg-l)
1.32 (Alc-l)
1.35 (Age)
1.70 (Edu)
.052c (Alc-r)
.050e (IQ)
.010e (Drg-l)
.049d (Age)
.003e (2b)
.037c (Edu)
.002e (Alc-l)
.036e (Drg-l)
.070e (Alc-l)
.06c (Age)
.007d (Edu)
L 15 −42, 0, 15 Rels> Con 4.05 1.37 .034e

Frontopolar cortex (BA 10) L 7 −27, 57, 21 Con > BD 3.72 1.24 .05d 1.05 (2b)
1.06 (Edu)
1.11 (Alc-l)
1.14 (IQ)
1.16 (Alc-r)
1.29 (Age)
1.34 (Drg-l)
N/A
.060d (2b)
.050d (Edu)
.040e (Alc-l)
.033e(IQ)
.030e (Alc-r)
.038d (Age)
.008e (Drg-l)
N/A
L 20 −27, 57, 21 Rels > BD 4.57 1.54 .035d

Orbitofrontal cortex (BA 47) L 7 −24, 12, −18 Rels > Con 3.82 1.29 .05e NS (Alc-l)
1.16 (Age)
1.26 (Drg-l)
1.73 (Edu)
NS (Alc-l)
.070e (Age)
.10e (Drg-l)
.004e (Edu)

Superior parietal region (bordering superior parietal lobule and superior postcentral gyrus) R 14 27, −42 57 Rels > Con 3.94 1.33 .02d 1.34 (Age)
1.58 (Alc-l)
1.71 (Edu)
1.85 (Drg-l)
037d (Age)
.010d (Alc-l)
.033c (Edu)
.0001c (Drg-l)
a

MNI: Montreal Neurological Institute Coordinate System.

b

Maximum voxel-wise t-value within the cluster of interest.

c

Cluster-wise statistic was corrected across the entire brain (p< .05).

d

Small volume correction method was used to correct the cluster-wise statistic (p < .05).

e

Small volume correction method was used to correct the voxel-wise (family-wise error) statistic (p < .05).

Abbreviations: Edu = education, 2b = 2-back task accuracy, Alc-r = Recent alcohol use (last 24 hours), Alc-l = Lifetime alcohol use-lifetime, Drg-l = Lifetime Drug use, IQ= Intelligence Quotient.