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. 2018 Mar 21;8:4924. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22814-8

Table 2.

Correlations between Specific binding ratios and Body mass indices.

SBR Obese Non-obese Total
r 95% CI p value r 95% CI p value r 95% CI p value
Dopamine transporter
Caudate nucleus 0.0154 −0.2976~0.3253 0.9251 0.0301 −0.1353~0.1939 0.7220 0.1079 −0.0382~0.2494 0.1472
Putamen −0.06 −0.3647~0.2563 0.7131 0.0643 −0.1015~0.2266 0.4472 0.1008 −0.0453~0.2427 0.1755
Striatum −0.0231 −0.3322~0.2905 0.8877 0.0490 −0.1167~0.212 0.5625 0.1061 −0.0400~0.2477 0.1540
Serotonin transporter
Midbrain −0.3126 −0.5687~−0.0012 0.0496 0.2327 0.0707~0.3827 0.0053 0.0828 −0.0634~0.2255 0.2655
Pons 0.0176 −0.2955~0.3273 0.9140 0.1968 0.0332~0.3502 0.0189 0.2217 0.0788~0.3557 0.0026
Thalamus −0.1381 −0.431~0.1812 0.3955 0.0666 −0.0992~0.2288 0.4309 0.0343 −0.1117~0.1789 0.6454

*SBR, Specific binding ratio; CI, confidence interval.