Table 2.

Metabolite ratios for patients with LNB and control group

Location of the voxel	NAA/Cr			Cho/Cr
	Patients	Control group	p valuea	Patients	Control group	p valuea
Anterior part of the right frontal lobe	1.777 ± 0.319*	2.079 ± 0.249	≤ 0.001	0.371 ± 0.061	0.375 ± 0.077	0.868
Anterior part of the left frontal lobe	1.832 ± 0.270*	2.096 ± 0.300	0.001	0.386 ± 0.044	0.393 ± 0.048	0.584
Posterior part of the right frontal lobe	2.254 ± 0.286*	2.639 ± 0.256	≤ 0.001	0.379 ± 0.048	0.377 ± 0.050	0.855
Posterior part of the left frontal lobe	2.259 ± 0.346*	2.449 ± 0.268	0.031	0.376 ± 0.058	0.362 ± 0.038	0.307

Values are given as means ± SD

^*p < 0.05

^ap value for comparison between patients with LNB and control group