Table 3:

Direct disconnection of brain areas relationship with category fluency statistical report

Fluency score		3 groups comparison		Patients disconnected and connected (uncorrected)		Patients disconnected and controls		Patients connected and controls		n1a	n2b
	Disconnected areas	Kruskal-Wallis	P value	U	P value	U	P value	U	P value
Left hemisphere	PreSMA	21.34128456	0.0059	212	0.0456	88.5	0.0248	377.5	0.0329	12	25
	IPs	23.35102548	0.0023	172	0.0098	18	0.0295	448	0.0324	7	30
	Cingulate ant	18.6697471	0.0125	160.5	0.7452	304	0.0248	162	0.0329	25	12
	Cingulate mid	21.52289636	0.0054	219	0.0464	95.5	0.0141	370.5	0.0329	13	24
	MFg	23.12826675	0.0026	237	0.0103	81.5	0.0054	384.5	0.0329	13	24
	Opercularis, striatum, thalamus	23.99647373	0.0017	179	0.0043	16	0.0249	450	0.0324	7	30
Right hemisphere	PreSMA	22.92724537	0.0028	208	0.0130	50.5	0.0138	415.5	0.0329	10	27
	Cingulate ant	18.8698263	0.0125	185.5	0.6470	225	0.0330	241	0.0329	20	17
	Cingulate mid	18.62681983	0.0125	137.5	0.6966	317	0.0415	149	0.0329	25	12
	MFg	22.06856039	0.0042	196	0.0382	54	0.0180	412	0.0329	10	27
	Striatum	18.604408	0.0125	154.5	0.8966	310	0.0313	156	0.0329	14	23
	Thalamus	19.117101	0.0125	192	0.5326	202	0.0248	264	0.0329	14	23

Unless specified, P values are Bonferroni-Holms corrected for multiple comparisons.

Abbreviation: MFg, middle frontal gyrus; SMA, supplementary motor area.

^aNumber of disconnected patients.

^bNumber of connected patients.