Table 2. Striatal subregion dopamine synthesis capacity†.

Striatal subregion	Anova, group differences	Very preterm-perinatal brain injury vs controls	Very preterm-perinatal brain injury vs Very preterm-no diagnosed injury	Very preterm-no diagnosed injury vs controls
Whole Striatum	F = 6.07 p=0.010 partial eta-squared = 0.233	t = −3.12 p=0.010	t = −2.81 p=0.023	t = −0.24 p=1;
Caudate	F = 7.75 p=0.004 partial eta-squared = 0.279	t = −3.84 p=0.001	t = −2.52 p=0.047	t = −1.20 p=0.707
Putamen	F = 2.98 p=0.062
Nucleus Accumbens	F = 5.26 p=0.012 partial eta-squared = 0.208	t = −2.41 p=0.045	t = −2.95 p=0.016	t = 0.45 p=1

^†Statistically significant group differences are shown in bold. Displayed p-values are corrected for multiple comparisons (see methods).