Table 2.
T1ρ relaxation time averaged over all subjects by individual zone and slice
| Zone | T1ρ relaxation time (msec) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slice 1* | Slice 2 | Slice 3 | Slice 4 | Slice 5 | Slice 6 | Slice 7 | |
| Zone 1† | 26.6 (23.4–29.9) | 27.5 (24.2–30.7) | 27.9 (24.6–31.2 | 29.2 (25.9–32.4) | 32.3 (29.1–35.6) | 32.9 (29.7–36.2) | 33.8 (27.9–39.7) |
| Zone 2 | 29.9 (26.6–33.2) | 29.4 (26.1–32.7) | 30.5 (27.2–33.7) | 31.8 (28.5–35.0) | 32.0 (28.7–35.3) | 32.8 (29.5–36.1) | 28.9 (23.0–34.8) |
| Zone 3 | 31.7 (28.4–35.0) | 31.2 (28.0–34.5) | 31.5 (28.2–34.8) | 32.3 (29.0–35.5) | 31.3 (28.0–34.5) | 30.8 (27.5–34.1) | 31.3 (25.4–37.2) |
| Zone 4 | 37.8 (33.4–42.3) | 31.5 (27.9–35.0) | 30.0 (26.7–33.4) | 32.9 (29.6–36.3) | 33.3 (30.0–36.6) | 32.3 (29.1–35.6) | 35.2 (29.3–41.1) |
Values are expressed as mean with 95% confidence interval in parentheses; *differences among the four zones, p < 0.001; †differences among the seven slices, p = 0.001.