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. 2014 Jul 2;39(12):2891–2899. doi: 10.1038/npp.2014.143

Table 3. Metabolite Levels.

  Left thalamus
ACC
Left thalamus
ACC
  Control N=55 UHR N=75 P* Control N=55 UHR N=75 P* UHR-R N=22 UHR-NR N=29 P** UHR-R N=22 UHR-NR N=29 P**
Baseline
 Glutamate 7.6±1.5 7.0±1.4 0.03 13.2±2.3 13.1±2.8 0.97 7.7±1.3 6.6±1.3 0.003 13.0±2.8 13.4±3.1 0.36
 Glx 9.3±2.4 8.8±2.0 0.20 18.0±4.1 18.1±5.6 0.98 9.7+2.1 8.1±1.9 0.01 17.6±5.9 18.8±6.1 0.27
 NAA 12.4±0.9 12.1±1.2 0.10 13.0±2.1 12.9±2.0 0.80 12.2±1.8 12.1±0.8 0.65 12.6±2.2 13.2±2.0 0.14
 Cr 7.2±0.8 6.9±0.8 0.11 10.1±1.7 10.0±1.7 0.91 7.2±1.1 6.9±0.7 0.33 9.8±2.2 10.2±1.6 0.23
 mI 4.9±2.1 4.6±1.5 0.28 8.4±1.4 8.2±1.7 0.45 4.3±1.1 4.4±1.3 0.88 7.9±2.0 8.5±1.7 0.13
 TCho 2.1±0.2 1.9±0.3 0.01 2.8±0.7 2.6±0.5 0.24 2.0±0.3 1.9±0.2 0.03 2.6±0.7 2.7±0.5 0.29
  Left thalamus
ACC
Left thalamus
ACC
 
Control N=33
UHR N=47
P***
Control N=33
UHR N=47
P***
UHR-R N=22
UHR-NR N=26
P***
UHR-R N=21
UHR-NR N=26
P***
Follow-up
 Glutamate 7.1±1.7 6.9±1.4 0.49 13.2±2.4 12.0±2.3 0.13 6.8±1.4 7.1±1.4 0.07 11.8±2.4 12.1±2.4 0.52
 Glx 8.7±2.3 8.5±2.1 0.26 17.8±3.7 16.4±3.5 0.56 8.8±2.6 8.2±1.5 0.02 16.5±3.7 16.4±3.4 0.56
 NAA 11.6±1.6 11.8±1.1 0.09 13.0±1.5 12.4±1.5 0.14 11.6±1.3 12.0±0.9 0.48 12.2±1.3 12.6±1.6 0.21
 Cr 6.9±0.6 6.9±6.2 0.99 9.6±1.4 9.7±1.4 0.38 6.9±0.6 6.9±0.6 0.58 9.3±1.5 10.0±1.3 0.13
 mI 4.2±0.9 4.2±0.8 0.07 8.7±2.2 8.0±1.6 0.27 4.1±0.8 4.2±0.9 0.67 7.7±1.6 8.3±1.6 0.10
 TCho 1.9±0.2 1.9±0.2 0.17 2.6±0.6 2.5±0.5 0.09 1.9±0.2 1.9±0.2 0.11 2.5±0.5 2.6±0.5 0.63

Abbreviations: ACC, anterior cingulate cortex; Cr, creatine; mI, myo-Inositol; NAA, N-acetyl aspartate; TCho, total choline; UHR-R, ultra high risk - remission; UHR-NR, ultra high risk - non remission. P*, P-value determined by independent samples t-test; P**, P-value determined by binary logistic regression; P***, P-value relating to main effect of group on follow-up metabolite level determined using linear mixed models.