Table 3.

Cerebral blood flow values (mL/100 g/min) in brain regions of interest by normal vs. abnormal MRI scoring. Values in ROIs are expressed as medians [95% CI].

ROI	DOL4		DOL11
	Normal [n = 9]	Abnormal [n = 8]	Normal [n = 13]	Abnormal [n = 7]
Brain	19.9 [15.3–35.6]	35.8 [23.3–62.5]	18.0 [15.1–24.3]	26.8 [15.9–57.2]
Cortical GM	24.6 [16.8–30.8]	43.0 [25.2–66.9]⁎	22.3 [15.9–29.5]	32.5 [18.1–60.2]
BGT	43.4 [29.7–87.3]	80.5 [44.3–133.6]⁎	29.3 [17.0–42.5]	49.5 [21.0–116.9]
Lobes
Frontal	22.7 [15.9–25.1]	37.2 [23.6–70.3]⁎	23.1 [14.8–30.9]	35.2 [16.7–59.4]
Temporal	30.4 [18.3–41.9]	35.1 [24.7–68.7]	22.7 [16.5–27.6]	36.2 [21.4–61.0]⁎
Parietal	19.4 [14.7–25.7]	55.8 [24.3–68.8]⁎	20.7 [16.2–32.7]	25.6 [16.9–67.4]
Occipital	20.3 [16.0–51.5]	43.9 [17.4–64.1]	19.1 [12.3–28.3]	32.9 [17.9–50.5]

CBF = Cerebral Blood Flow; DOL4 = day 4 of life; DOL11 = day 11 of life; ROI = Region Of Interest; BGT = Basal Ganglia and Thalami; Cortical GM = grey matter in lobes.

^⁎Significant difference [p < .05] with the previous column [Mann-Whitney test for independent samples].