Table 4.
Brain regions with significantly (one tailed Z > 2.75, p < 0.005) greater mental stress-induced activation or deactivation, as measured with [15O]H2O positron emission tomography, in women (n = 44) relative to men (n = 77) participants with CAD but not mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia
| Voxel number | Brain region | Brodmann’s area | Talairach | Z score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | Y | Z | ||||
| Stress activation in women > men | ||||||
| 13 | L cerebellum | − 44 | − 50 | − 34 | 3.56 | |
| 17 | R parietal lobe, superior lobule | 7 | 30 | − 63 | 53 | 3.19 |
| R parietal lobe, superior lobule | 7 | 34 | − 56 | 55 | 3.12 | |