Table I. (online only). Volumes of discrete brain regions according to group (N = 61).
Discrete brain region (mL)* | Cardiac (N = 48) | Control (N = 13) | P value† |
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Cerebrum | |||
Cerebral white matter | |||
Right cerebral white matter | 116.9 ± 14.0 | 137.6 ± 16.0 | <0.001 |
Left cerebral white matter | 114.4 ± 14.4 | 133.4 ± 16.4 | <0.001 |
Cerebral gray matter | |||
Right frontal | 53.5 ± 6.0 | 55.9 ± 7.0 | 0.11 |
Left frontal | 53.3 ± 6.4 | 54.7 ± 7.5 | 0.38 |
Right perisylvian | 11.7 ± 1.3 | 11.3 ± 1.3 | 0.24 |
Left perisylvian | 11.7 ± 1.3 | 11.5 ± 1.2 | 0.57 |
Right parietal | 49.6 ± 5.2 | 50.4 ± 4.7 | 0.49 |
Left parietal | 49.2 ± 5.1 | 51.4 ± 5.9 | 0.12 |
Subcortical gray matter | |||
Right thalamus | 6.1 ± 0.5 | 5.7 ± 0.5 | 0.02 |
Left thalamus | 6.2 ± 0.6 | 5.8 ± 0.4 | 0.007 |
Right caudate | 2.9 ± 0.4 | 2.8 ± 0.4 | 0.40 |
Left caudate | 2.7 ± 0.4 | 2.6 ± 0.3 | 0.31 |
Right putamen | 3.8 ± 0.4 | 3.5 ± 0.4 | 0.01 |
Left putamen | 3.9 ± 0.4 | 3.6 ± 0.4 | 0.05 |
Right pallidum | 1.0 ± 0.1 | 1.0 ± 0.1 | 0.18 |
Left pallidum | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 1.0 ± 0.2 | 0.23 |
Right hippocampus | 2.8 ± 0.4 | 2.7 ± 0.3 | 0.12 |
Left hippocampus | 2.7 ± 0.3 | 2.7 ± 0.3 | 0.79 |
Cerebellum | |||
Cerebellar gray matter | 83.3 ± 9.3 | 80.3 ± 9.2 | 0.15 |
Cerebellar white matter | 14.5 ± 1.8 | 16.2 ± 2.8 | <0.001 |
Vermis | 8.0 ± 0.9 | 8.3 ± 1.0 | 0.18 |
Brainstem | 11.2 ± 1.5 | 12.5 ± 2.0 | 0.003 |
Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
P values were determined by linear regression adjusting for corrected chronological age at MRI and sex.