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.