Table 3.
Simple effect comparisons of cortical thickness between SBM and TD groups
| Cortical region | Left hemisphere |
Right hemisphere |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBM | TD | p | SBM | TD | p | |
| Temporal lobe | ||||||
| Bank of STS | 2.66 (0.27) | 2.94 (0.27) | <0.001 | 2.51 (0.29) | 2.94 (0.25) | <0.001 |
| Entorhinal | 3.11 (0.38) | 3.59 (0.34) | <0.001 | 3.28 (0.42) | 3.50 (0.46) | 0.033 |
| Fusiform | 2.98 (0.28) | 3.10 (0.16) | 0.044 | 2.94 (0.20) | 2.99 (0.17) | 0.262 |
| Inferior temporal | 3.20 (0.23) | 3.18 (0.22) | 0.611 | 3.18 (0.24) | 3.15 (0.25) | 0.590 |
| Middle temporal | 3.18 (0.23) | 3.29 (0.22) | 0.036 | 3.11 (0.23) | 3.33 (0.25) | <0.001 |
| Parahippocampal | 2.63 (0.45) | 2.85 (0.24) | 0.024 | 2.68 (0.44) | 2.92 (0.31) | 0.016 |
| Superior temporal | 2.96 (0.18) | 3.14 (0.19) | <0.001 | 2.80 (0.22) | 3.21 (0.18) | <0.001 |
| Temporal pole | 3.74 (0.48) | 3.90 (0.33) | 0.142 | 3.59 (0.51) | 3.83 (0.49) | 0.046 |
| Transverse temporal | 2.38 (0.34) | 2.50 (0.28) | 0.114 | 2.60 (0.50) | 2.41 (0.33) | 0.083 |
| Cortical region | SBM | TD | p | |||
| Frontal lobe | ||||||
| Caudal middle frontal | 2.95 (0.21) | 2.86 (0.17) | 0.070 | |||
| Frontal pole | 3.39 (0.41) | 3.25 (0.27) | 0.056 | |||
| Lateral orbitofrontal | 3.31 (0.22) | 3.14 (0.19) | 0.001 | |||
| Medial orbitofrontal | 3.14 (0.22) | 2.85 (0.20) | <0.001 | |||
| Parsopercularis | 3.01 (0.21) | 2.97 (0.17) | 0.307 | |||
| Parsorbitalis | 3.58 (0.25) | 3.24 (0.27) | <0.001 | |||
| Parstriagularis | 3.00 (0.27) | 2.87 (0.21) | 0.023 | |||
| Precentral | 2.61 (0.20) | 2.70 (0.12) | 0.014 | |||
| Rostral middle frontal | 2.88 (0.24) | 2.73 (0.22) | 0.005 | |||
| Superior frontal | 3.34 (0.22) | 3.18 (0.16) | 0.002 | |||
| Parietal lobe | ||||||
| Inferior parietal | 2.70 (0.26) | 2.86 (0.23) | 0.005 | |||
| Paracentral | 2.66 (0.33) | 2.68 (0.23) | 0.843 | |||
| Postcentral | 2.33 (0.19) | 2.23 (0.18) | 0.023 | |||
| Precuneus | 2.50 (0.31) | 2.73 (0.27) | 0.001 | |||
| Superior parietal | 2.60 (0.29) | 2.47 (0.25) | 0.036 | |||
| Supramarginal | 2.69 (0.24) | 2.89 (0.20) | <0.001 | |||
| Occipital lobe | ||||||
| Cuneus | 2.17 (0.24) | 2.07 (0.18) | 0.048 | |||
| Lateral occipital | 2.69 (0.24) | 2.49 (0.18) | <0.001 | |||
| Lingual | 2.22 (0.31) | 2.20 (0.15) | 0.693 | |||
| Pericalcarine | 1.77 (0.18) | 1.62 (0.11) | <0.001 | |||
| Cingulate cortex | ||||||
| Caudal anterior | 3.17 (0.41) | 3.06 (0.22) | 0.104 | |||
| Isthmus | 2.44 (0.49) | 3.05 (0.25) | <0.001 | |||
| Posterior | 2.65 (0.37) | 3.01 (0.21) | <0.001 | |||
| Rostral anterior | 3.54 (0.30) | 3.31 (0.22) | 0.001 | |||
Note. Values are mean (SD) in millimeters. The higher mean between the 2 groups, and p < 0.05, are in bold.
SBM, spina bifida myelomeningocele; STS, superior temporal sulcus; TD, typically developing.