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. 2018 Feb 8;7(3):giy004. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giy004

Table 4:

Cortical thickness and functional magnetic resonance imaging entropy measures in disconnected areas

Cortical thickness 3 groups comparison Patients disconnected and connected Patients disconnected and controls Patients connected and controls n1a n2 b
Disconnected areas Kruskal-Wallis P value U P value U P value U P value
Left hemisphere PreSMA 8 0.0224 109 0.0944 168 0.0057 514 0.0565 12 25
IPs 9 0.0131 54 0.0251 59 0.0019 667 0.1134 7 30
Cingulate ant 5 0.0822 110 0.1000 465 0.0175 269 0.2061 25 12
Cingulate mid 5 0.0759 139 0.2998 278 0.1436 435 0.0137 13 24
MFg 8 0.0143 109 0.0695 172 0.0028 502 0.0710 13 24
Opercularis 13 0.0012 40 0.0061 44 0.0006 583 0.0225 7 30
Right hemisphere PreSMA 4 0.1328 134 0.4931 214 0.1711 523 0.0254 10 27
Cingulate ant 7 0.0296 167 0.4696 362 0.0191 295 0.0169 20 17
Cingulate mid 23 0.0000 61 0.0020 223 0.1414 254 0.1415 25 12
MFg 6 0.0587 116 0.2634 163 0.0359 538 0.0359 10 27
Shannon entropy
Left hemisphere PreSMA 24 0.0000 86 0.2171 85 0.0004 210 0.0000 12 25
IPs 27 0.0000 40 0.0422 18 0.0002 260 0.0000 7 30
Cingulate ant 44 0.0000 84 0.1158 109 0.0000 3 0.0000 25 12
Cingulate mid 36 0.0000 97 0.3029 45 0.0000 127 0.0000 13 24
MFg 16 0.0004 100 0.4246 125 0.0043 272 0.0003 13 24
Opercularis, striatum, thalamus 17 0.0002 65 0.3680 75 0.0181 287 0.0001 7 30
Right hemisphere PreSMA 8 0.0177 82 0.2364 117 0.0078 413 0.0243 10 27
Cingulate ant 55 0.0000 81 0.0640 16 0.0000 4 0.0000 20 17
Cingulate mid 22 0.0000 111 0.4596 203 0.0001 114 0.0003 25 12
MFg 22 0.0000 55 0.0497 136 0.0533 209 0.0000 10 27
Striatum 23 0.0000 110 0.4436 202 0.0001 100 0.0001 14 23
Thalamus 58 0.0000 67 0.0204 0 0.0000 6 0.0000 14 23

Results are not corrected for multiple comparisons.

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

aNumber of disconnected patients.

bNumber of spared patients.