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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroimage. 2013 Mar 16;76:332–344. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.02.059

Table 2.

Quantitative metrics of atrophy by region within primary sample of participants.

Region Mean thickness and SD (mm) Percent atrophy Ratio



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.

Y,O,A

p < .05 different than YC, OC, or AD.