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. 2017 Nov 30;9:373. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00373

Table 2.

Association between age, gender and white matter macrostructural measures.

N Mean (SD) Age Gender(female)
B SE η2 B SE η2
CEREBRUM
Vol. NAWM 200 462.318 (54.911) −0.069** 0.010 0.109 −0.326** 0.121 0.016
WMHa 196 2.399 (1.181; 4.456) 0.051** 0.014 0.059 0.388* 0.175 0.023
FRONTAL
Vol. NAWM 199 193.720 (24.024) −0.074** 0.010 0.127 −0.162 0.128 0.004
WMHa 196 1.397 (0.670; 2.410) 0.045** 0.014 0.046 0.468** 0.177 0.033
PARIETAL
Vol. NAWM 200 105.413 (13.149) −0.049** 0.010 0.056 −0.439** 0.129 0.029
WMHa 190 0.315 (0.123; 0.856) 0.053** 0.015 0.064 0.336 0.177 0.017
TEMPORAL
Vol. NAWM 200 78.784 (9.632) −0.074** 0.010 0.126 −0.428** 0.126 0.028
WMHa 188 0.120 (0.043; 0.350) 0.024 0.015 0.012 0.302 0.180 0.014
OCCIPITAL
Vol. NAWM 200 60.378 (8.383) −0.055** 0.011 0.070 −0.426** 0.138 0.028
WMHa 194 0.328 (0.158; 0.663) 0.022 0.015 0.011 −0.197 0.180 0.006

NAWM, normal appearing white matter; SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error; WMH, white matter hyperintensity; Vol., volume. Volumes for WMH and NAWM are indicated in ml.

*

p < 0.05;

**

p < 0.01;

corrected for multiple comparisons.

All models were adjusted for education, diastolic blood pressure, and intracranial volume.

a

natural log transformed.