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 2–5th degree relativea | Past AUD vs Current AUDa |
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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 |
χ2, p-value, bolded cells were significant after correction for multiple comparisons.