Table 7.

Comparison of cortical thickness of the regions of interest in the visual, somatosensory and language cortex between three groups categorized by the manifestations of typical aura.

Cortical region of interest	MwA-V (mean ± SD)	MwA-SS (mean ± SD)	MwA-D (mean ± SD)	Statistics
Left primary visual cortex	1.397 ± 0.077	1.487 ± 0.082	1.470 ± 0.071	P = 0.026 (MwA-V vs. MwA-SS, p = 0.025; MwA-V vs. MwA-D, p = 0.018)
Right primary visual cortex	1.498 ± 0.123	1.614 ± 0.190	1.552 ± 0.099	P = 0.056
Left secondary visual cortex	1.751 ± 0.068	1.806 ± 0.076	1.853 ± 0.096	P = 0.012 (MwA-V vs. MwA-D, p = 0.004)
Right secondary visual cortex	1.783 ± 0.058	1.853 ± 0.093	1.919 ± 0.102	P = 0.004 (MwA-V vs. MwA-D, p = 0.001)
Left visual area V5	2.313 ± 0.135	2.427 ± 0.072	2.476 ± 0.158	P = 0.033 (MwA-V vs. MwA-D, p = 0.011)
Right visual area V5	2.200 ± 0.101	2.310 ± 0.109	2.388 ± 0.172	P = 0.018 (MwA-V vs. MwA-D, p = 0.005)
Left somatosensory cortex BA1	2.018 ± 0.148	1.957 ± 0.133	2.080 ± 0.155	P = 0.290
Right somatosensory cortex BA1	2.102 ± 0.167	2.120 ± 0.196	2.166 ± 0.145	P = 0.621
Left somatosensory cortex BA2	2.131 ± 0.120	2.073 ± 0.037	2.189 ± 0.157	P = 0.478
Right somatosensory cortex BA2	1.988 ± 0.117	2.079 ± 0.126	2.085 ± 0.126	P = 0.141
Left somatosensory cortex BA3a	1.637 ± 0.101	1.614 ± 0.085	1.694 ± 0.110	P = 0.413
Right somatosensory cortex BA3a	1.643 ± 0.101	1.744 ± 0.096	1.706 ± 0.083	P = 0.112
Left somatosensory cortex BA3b	1.728 ± 0.137	1.772 ± 0.066	1.830 ± 0.110	P = 0.097
Right somatosensory cortex BA3b	1.578 ± 0.132	1.605 ± 0.123	1.608 ± 0.108	P = 0.729
Left BA44	2.541 ± 0.147	2.613 ± 0.082	2.644 ± 0.124	P = 0.143
Right BA44	2.488 ± 0.111	2.524 ± 0.081	2.596 ± 0.124	P = 0.086
Left BA45	2.394 ± 0.092	2.382 ± 0.040	2.510 ± 0.154	P = 0.094
Right BA45	2.423 ± 0.149	2.469 ± 0.092	2.547 ± 0.151	P = 0.153

BA, Brodmann area; MwA-A, patients who have only visual symptoms; MwA-SS, patients who have visual and somatosensory symptoms; MwA-D, patients who have visual, somatosensory and dysphasic symptoms.