Table 2.
Region | Mean thickness and SD (mm) | Percent atrophy | Ratio | |||||||
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YC (N = 142) | OC (N = 87) | AD (N = 28) | OCvsYC | ADvsYC | ADvsOC | |||||
Aging | Calcarine | 1.84O,A | 0.13 | 1.48Y,A | 0.14 | 1.38Y,O | 0.20 | 19.6 | 25.0 | 1.3 |
Caudal insula | 2.34O,A | 0.15 | 1.93Y | 0.16 | 1.86Y | 0.21 | 17.6 | 20.4 | 1.2 | |
Cuneus | 2.01O,A | 0.1 | 1.70Y,A | 0.12 | 1.63Y,O | 0.12 | 15.3 | 19.1 | 1.2 | |
Caudal fusiform | 2.01O,A | 0.12 | 1.76Y | 0.16 | 1.71Y | 0.18 | 12.3 | 14.8 | 1.2 | |
Dorsomedial frontal | 2.99O,A | 0.16 | 2.65Y | 0.16 | 2.58Y | 0.20 | 11.6 | 13.8 | 1.2 | |
Lateral occipital | 2.08O,A | 0.11 | 1.85Y,A | 0.12 | 1.79Y,O | 0.19 | 11.3 | 14.1 | 1.2 | |
Precentral | 2.55O,A | 0.11 | 2.27Y,A | 0.14 | 2.20Y,O | 0.18 | 11.0 | 13.7 | 1.2 | |
Inferior frontal | 2.70O,A | 0.15 | 2.43Y,A | 0.13 | 2.34Y,O | 0.19 | 10.0 | 13.2 | 1.3 | |
AD | Medial temporal | 2.99O,A | 0.31 | 2.85Y,A | 0.35 | 2.51Y,O | 0.32 | 4.8 | 16.1 | 3.4 |
Inferior temporal | 2.77A | 0.20 | 2.73A | 0.26 | 2.36Y,O | 0.23 | 1.6 | 14.8 | 9.4 | |
Temporal pole | 2.76O,A | 0.22 | 2.57Y,A | 0.23 | 2.39Y,O | 0.20 | 6.9 | 13.5 | 1.9 | |
Superior parietal | 2.10O,A | 0.138 | 2.00Y,A | 0.13 | 1.87Y,O | 0.14 | 4.7 | 11.2 | 2.4 | |
Precuneus | 2.34O,A | 0.19 | 2.17Y,A | 0.14 | 2.03Y,O | 0.19 | 7.5 | 13.3 | 1.8 | |
Aging and AD overlap | Angular | 2.58O,A | 0.15 | 2.33Y,A | 0.16 | 2.09Y,O | 0.24 | 9.6 | 19.1 | 2.0 |
Supramarginal | 2.65O,A | 0.17 | 2.41Y,A | 0.18 | 2.18Y,O | 0.20 | 9.1 | 18.0 | 2.0 | |
Superior frontal | 2.85O,A | 0.18 | 2.57Y,A | 0.18 | 2.34Y,O | 0.22 | 9.8 | 17.8 | 1.8 | |
Middle frontal | 2.36O,A | 0.13 | 2.21Y,A | 0.12 | 2.01Y,O | 0.15 | 6.2 | 14.6 | 2.4 | |
Mean: entire cortex | 2.34O,A | 0.08 | 2.20Y,A | 0.12 | 2.05Y,O | 0.11 | 6.2 | 12.6 | 2.0 | |
Mean: aging-specific ROIs | 2.31O,A | 0.13 | 2.01Y,A | 0.14 | 1.94Y,O | 0.18 | 13.3 | 16.4 | 1.2 | |
Mean: AD-specific ROIs | 2.59O,A | 0.21 | 2.46Y,A | 0.22 | 2.12Y,O | 0.26 | 5.0 | 18.3 | 3.6 | |
Mean: overlap ROIs | 2.61O,A | 0.16 | 2.38Y,A | 0.16 | 2.11Y,O | 0.21 | 8.8 | 19.3 | 2.2 |
YC = young controls; OC = older controls, AD = Alzheimer's disease patients.
p < .05 different than YC, OC, or AD.