Table 4:
Cortical thickness | 3 groups comparison | Patients disconnected and connected | Patients disconnected and controls | Patients connected and controls | n1a | n2 b | |||||
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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.