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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 Jul 17;27(9):1464–1471. doi: 10.1002/oby.22558

Table 2.

The association of insulin resistance on MWF in brain regions

Region Coordinates (millimeters) T-Value Observed extent threshold Cluster level p-value
IR positive direction cluster data (n=126)

Right superior precentral region 54, 14, 30 4.29 1027 .001
Right superior temporo-parietal region 28, −102, 0 4.24 1185 .000
Right inferior temporal region 34, 12, −42 4.11 892 .001
Right superior temporo-parietal region 50, −58, 26 4.03 621 .005
Left occipito-parietal region −22, −106, 0 4.00 509 .009
Left inferior middle region −40, −68, 2 3.81 427 .015
Left superior temporal region −56, −60, 22 3.74 286 .040
Right middle superior frontal region 32, 20, 58 3.73 294 .038
Left superior medial-frontal region −52, −2, 46 3.54 405 .017
Right superior temporal region 68, −8, −2 3.60 640 .004
Right superior frontal region 24, 62, −6 3.57 398 .018

IR negative direction cluster data (n=126)

Parieto-occipital projections of corpus callosum −10, −84, 14 4.80 3801 .000
Cuneus White Matter 10, −76, 14 4.22 657 .004

Extent threshold (k) = 174 voxels, p<.005, uncorrected for positive and negative directional multiple regression analyses. All significant voxel-level p-values were less than .005.

Abbreviations: MWF = myelin water fraction; IR = insulin resistance.