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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2013 Jun 20;154(10):2088–2099. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.06.024

Table 5b.

χ2 differences Disease and Sex Effects for the Matched Emotions versus the Matched Forms Contrast (ME-MF).

Matching Emotions-Matching Forms (ME-MF)
Male IBS vs. Female IBS
X2 difference
Male IBS vs. Male HC
X2 difference
Female IBS vs. Female HC
X2 difference
A. Affective Limbic Circuit
sgACC → AMYG 3.9 2.5 0.0
AMYG → sgACC 3.2 0.2 0.0
sgACC → pACC/vmPFC 13.5** 0.0 11.7**
pACC/vmPFC → AMYG 5.6 0.5 0.4
pACC/vmPFC → aINS 0.6 0.9 7.6**
sgACC → aMCC 1.9 2.3 7.2**
aMCC → aINS 4.4 0.3 0.0
AMYG → aINS 0.1 0.9 0.0
aINS → AMYG 2.6 0.5 2.2
B. Prefrontal and Hippocampal Modulatory Input to Affective Limbic Circuit
dlPFC → pACC/vmPFC (to amyg) 5.9 1.0 8.2**
vlPFC → pACC/vmPFC (to amyg) 0.9 0.5 0.0
HIPP → AMYG 0.2 4.5 3.8
AMYG → HIPP 9.3** 0.0 13.0**
C. Intrainsular Connectivity
pINS → mINS 0.0 1.0 0.0
mINS → aINS 0.2 1.5 0.6
sgACC → aINS 0.3 0.0 0.0
D. Intracingulate Connectivity
AMYG → pACC/vmPFC 0.4 2.4 1.0
pACC/vmPFC → aMCC 1.3 10.8** 9.3**
aMCC → PCC 1.3 6.5 6.9**

Significance: Uncorrected: χ2=6.63, p < .01, χ2=3.84, p < .05; significance after FDR corrected:

**

p < .01 corrected,

*

p < .05 corrected (Male IBS vs. Female IBS, Male HC vs. Female HC, df=1)

FDR: False discovery rate (controlling false discovery rate at 5%)

Regions: AMYG, amygdala; aINS, mINS, mid insula; pINS, posterior insula; HIPP, hippocampus, aMCC, anterior mid cingulate cortex; sgACC, subgenual cingulate cortex; PCC, posterior cingulate cortex; pACC, pregenual cingulate cortex; vmPFC, ventro-medial prefrontal cortex; dlPFC, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; vlPFC, ventro-lateral prefrontal cortex

Groups: IBS, Irritable bowel syndrome; HC, Healthy Control

Contrasts: ME, matching emotions; MF, matching forms