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. 2014 Sep 3;40(2):412–420. doi: 10.1038/npp.2014.187

Table 3. Association between Subcortical Volumes and Lifetime AUD.

Brain region Lifetime AUD vs unaffected, unrelated controlsa Lifetime AUD vs unaffected 1st degree relativea Lifetime AUD vs Unaffected 25th degree relativea Past AUD vs Current AUDa
Nucleus accumbens 0.202, p=0.653 0.453, p=0.501 1.290, p=0.256 0.154, p=0.695
Amygdala 8.807, p=0.003 1.725, p=0.189 0.831, p=0.362 2.08, p=0.149
Caudate 0.221, p=0.638 0.438, p=0.508 0.165, p=0.685 0.933, p=0.334
Hippocampus 0.089, p=0.765 0.003, p=0.956 3.457, p=0.063 0.736, p=0.391
Inferior lateral ventricle 7.879, p=0.005 6.465, p=0.011 3.981, p=0.046 6.47, p=0.001
Lateral ventricle 0.002, p=0.989 1.274, p=0.259 3.170, p=0.075 0.031, p=0.860
Pallidum 0.014, p=0.907 2.690, p=0.101 4.135, p=0.042 1.284, p=0.257
Putamen 0.581, p=0.446 0.531, p=0.466 2.484, p=0.115 1.965, p=0.161
Thalamus 0.182, p=0.670 2.304, p=0.129 6.038, p=0.014 2.443, p=0.118
Ventral diencephalon 1.133, p=0.287 0.243, p=0.622 3.085, p=0.079 2.189, p=0.139
a

χ2, p-value, bolded cells were significant after correction for multiple comparisons.

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