Table 3. Regions showing distant functional connectivity density differences among the MHE, non-HE patients, and healthy controls.

Brain regions	BA	MNI coordinates (mm)	Vol (mm3)	Maximal F value
		(x, y, z)
Left IPL	40	−54, −54, 45	137	10.56
Right IPL	40	54, −54, 45	112	8.65
Left cuneus	18/19	−3, −84, 21	175	8.79
Right cuneus	18/19	7, −84, 21	226	8.80
Left precuneus	7	−27, −78, 36	55	8.68
Right precuneus	7	25, −70, 36	137	9.20
Left thalamus		−18, −36, 6	88	8.25
Right thalamus		21, −33, 9	78	16.44
Left caudate head		−6, 3, 15	91	7.63
Right caudate head		6, 15, 13	57	8.32
Left MTG	21	−66, −42, −9	64	6.06
Right MFG	10	39, 51, 6	51	6.16
Medial Frontal Cortex	9	3, 33, 30	56	7.78

MHE = minimal hepatic encephalopathy; non-HE = non hepatic encephalopathy; BA = Brodmann area; MNI = Montreal Neurological Institute; IPL = inferior parietal lobule; MTG = middle temporal gyrus; MFG = middle frontal gyrus. P < 0.05, corrected for multiple comparisons.