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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 6.
Published in final edited form as: Early Interv Psychiatry. 2013 May 22;7(4):345–360. doi: 10.1111/eip.12054

Table 4.

FHR studies examining neuroimaging markers.

Study
(ref)
Cohort Population Model variables of interest Outcome of interest Results Reported
Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
43 EHRS A –65 HR subjects
B –18 HR subjects with
transient or partial psychotic
symptoms
Grey matter changes in R cerebellum, L uncus, L
inferior temporal gyrus
HR subjects developing
schizophrenia versus those
remaining well
A 0.13–
0.38
0.88–0.96 0.20–
0.60
0.88–
0.92
B 0.38–
0.63
0.70–0.80 0.50–
0.71
0.58–
0.73
44 EHRS 21 control subjects,
41 HR without psychotic
symptoms,
21 HR with psychotic symptoms
(4 HR subsequently ill)
fMRI parietal lobe activation, anterior cingulate
deactivation, reduced right lingual gyrus and
temporal activation
HR subjects developing
schizophrenia versus those
remaining well
ROIs - - 0.17–
0.80
0.98–
1.00
DFA - - 0.50–
0.60
0.95–
0.98

Cohorts: EHRS, Edinburgh High Risk Study. ROIs, regions of interest. DFA, discriminant function analysis. Model variables of interest include variables that were ultimately nonsignificant; readers are encouraged to refer to the text or the original article for additional information.