Table 2.
Reduced connectivity in depressive patients with suicidal ideation found using the network-based statistics analysis, compared to depressive patients without ideation.
| Edges | t -statistics § | Mean functional connectivities | Correlation coefficients with clinical measurements † | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suicidal Ideation ( n = 23) | No suicidal ideation ( n = 23) | Suicidality score | SSI | ||
| Left superior frontal gyrus, pars orbitalis* and left caudate | 4.51 | 0.29 | 0.52 | −0.56 ‡ | −0.24 |
| Left superior frontal gyrus, pars orbitalis* and right caudate | 4.33 | 0.27 | 0.48 | −0.47 ‡ | −0.24 |
| Left superior frontal gyrus, pars orbitalis* and right olfactory cortex | 4.38 | 0.19 | 0.40 | −0.47 ‡ | −0.34 ‡ |
| Left superior frontal gyrus, pars orbitalis* and right putamen | 4.60 | 0.11 | 0.33 | −0.54 ‡ | −0.40 ‡ |
| Left thalamus* and left superior frontal gyrus, pars orbitalis* | 4.89 | 0.10 | 0.32 | −0.57 ‡ | −0.42 ‡ |
| Left thalamus* and left middle frontal gyrus, pars orbitalis | 4.36 | 0.13 | 0.35 | −0.50 ‡ | −0.41 ‡ |
| Left thalamus* and left middle temporal gyrus | 4.47 | 0.34 | 0.54 | −0.48 ‡ | −0.40 ‡ |
| Right thalamus* and left superior frontal gyrus, pars orbitalis* | 5.19 | 0.061 | 0.29 | −0.58 ‡ | −0.40 ‡ |
| Right thalamus* and left middle frontal gyrus, pars orbitalis | 4.21 | 0.084 | 0.32 | −0.56 ‡ | −0.37 ‡ |
| Right thalamus* and left middle temporal gyrus | 5.40 | 0.24 | 0.51 | −0.54 ‡ | −0.35 ‡ |
| Right thalamus* and left postcentral gyrus | 4.64 | 0.20 | 0.49 | −0.56 ‡ | −0.52 ‡ |
SSI, Scale for Suicide Ideation.
§t-statistic from 2-sample t-test, (MDDwithout − MDDwith).
*hub nodes.
†Spearman partial correlation coefficients between functional connectivities and Suicidality score/SSI scores in total MDD patients.
‡BOLD: significant after FDR correction over 11 edges (FDR-adjusted p-value < 0.05).