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Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2019 Jul 26;213:13–21.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.06.030

Table 2.

Modular brain organization differences between preterm and full-term infants

		Preterm Infants, n=66	Full-term Control Infants, n=66	P-value
Modularity (Q)		0.49 ± 0.005	0.51 ± 0.002	<.001
Module 1 -Parietal/Temporal	Node	26	24
	Density	42.2%	52.5%	0.01
	Connectivity strength	0.49 ± 0.2	0.54 ± 0.22	0.0086
Module 2 -Frontal	Node	22	22
	Density	36.4%	49.4%	0.0048
	Connectivity strength	0.55 ± 0.25	0.55 ± 0.25	0.68
Module 3 -Subcortical/Limbic	Node	22	21
	Density	69.7%	80.5%	0.0092
	Connectivity strength	0.51 ± 0.21	0.56 ± 0.2	0.0023
Module 4 - Occipital	Node	23	26
	Density	41.5%	23.7%	<0.0001
	Connectivity strength	0.51 ± 0.25	0.535 ± 0.22	0.239
Between Module Connections	Density	4.8%	4.2 %	0.44
Between Module Connections	Connectivity strength	0.39 ± 0.11	0.42 ± 0.13	0.0256