Skip to main content
. 2012 Aug 8;23(10):2357–2369. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhs226

Table 4.

Simple effect comparisons of LGI between SBM and TD groups

Cortical region Left hemisphere
Right hemisphere
SBM TD p SBM TD p
Temporal lobe
 Bank of STS 3.79 (0.41) 3.47 (0.30) <0.001 4.18 (0.45) 3.59 (0.32) <0.001
 Entorhinal 2.28 (0.16) 2.41 (0.11) <0.001 2.31 (0.17) 2.38 (0.15) 0.069
 Fusiform 2.37 (0.19) 2.45 (0.12) 0.048 2.41 (0.16) 2.43 (0.13) 0.554
 Inferior temporal 2.64 (0.20) 2.52 (0.11) 0.008 2.67 (0.17) 2.43 (0.11) <0.001
 Middle temporal 3.26 (0.34) 3.24 (0.23) 0.760 3.49 (0.33) 3.18 (0.20) <0.001
 Parahippocampal 2.31 (0.25) 2.54 (0.17) <0.001 2.40 (0.20) 2.53 (0.20) 0.010
 Superior temporal 3.83 (0.32) 4.13 (0.33) <0.001 3.89 (0.36) 4.07 (0.26) 0.019
 Temporal pole 2.28 (0.17) 2.32 (0.13) 0.322 2.29 (0.16) 2.30 (0.14) 0.787
 Tranverse temporal 4.50 (0.38) 4.78 (0.50) 0.006 4.51 (0.42) 4.77 (0.35) 0.007
Occipital lobe
 Cuneus 2.39 (0.29) 2.78 (0.22) <0.001 2.48 (0.30) 2.99 (0.24) <0.001
 Lateral occipital 2.39 (0.19) 2.44 (0.15) 0.178 2.43 (0.18) 2.52 (0.16) 0.048
 Lingual 2.33 (0.30) 2.59 (0.18) <0.001 2.46 (0.28) 2.71 (0.21) <0.001
 Pericalcarine 2.37 (0.30) 2.67 (0.21) <0.001 2.48 (0.31) 2.86 (0.23) <0.001
Cortical region SBM TD p
Frontal lobe
 Caudal middle frontal 3.43 (0.27) 3.24 (0.22) 0.002
 Frontal pole 1.84 (0.10) 1.92 (0.10) 0.002
 Lateral orbitofrontal 2.34 (0.18) 2.60 (0.14) <0.001
 Medial orbitofrontal 1.99 (0.12) 2.00 (0.09) 0.778
 Parsopercularis 3.90 (0.32) 4.29 (0.32) <0.001
 Parsorbitalis 2.73 (0.25) 3.00 (0.28) <0.001
 Parstriagularis 3.41 (0.31) 3.75 (0.30) <0.001
 Precentral 3.58 (0.24) 3.59 (0.25) 0.761
 Rostral middle frontal 2.90 (0.17) 2.73 (0.18) <0.001
 Superior frontal 2.22 (0.14) 2.18 (0.12) 0.221
Parietal lobe
 Inferior parietal 3.41 (0.24) 3.23 (0.21) 0.001
 Paracentral 2.24 (0.18) 2.37 (0.17) 0.002
 Postcentral 3.66 (0.26) 3.62 (0.25) 0.485
 Precuneus 2.54 (0.27) 2.90 (0.22) <0.001
 Superior parietal 2.82 (0.18) 3.01 (0.20) <0.001
 Supramarginal 4.15 (0.35) 3.67 (0.24) <0.001
Cingulate cortex
 Caudal anterior 1.97 (0.18) 1.90 (0.11) 0.042
 Isthmus 2.47 (0.28) 2.70 (0.19) <0.001
 Posterior 2.16 (0.21) 2.21 (0.16) 0.351
 Rostral anterior 2.04 (0.16) 2.00 (0.11) 0.244

Note. Values are mean (SD) LGI. The higher mean between the 2 groups, and p < 0.05, are in bold.

LGI, 3D local gyrification index; SBM, spina bifida myelomeningocele; STS, superior temporal sulcus; TD, typically developing.