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. 2015 Aug 7;36(11):4407–4420. doi: 10.1002/hbm.22928

Table 3.

Regional QSM and R2* values for patients with early‐stage Parkinson's disease (all patients combined) and healthy controls

Susceptibility (ppm) R2* Value (sec−1)
PD HCs P PD HCs P
Head of caudate Ipsilateral 0.038 ± 0.0095 0.039 ± 0.0065 1.000 28.2 ± 3.08 28.5 ± 2.76 1.000
Contralateral 0.040 ± 0.0102 0.971 28.4 ± 3.61 1.000
Putamen Ipsilateral 0.039 ± 0.0097 0.046 ± 0.0111 0.013 33.0 ± 4.56 33.8 ± 4.42 1.000
Contralateral 0.038 ± 0.0091 0.006 33.1 ± 5.05 1.000
Globus pallidus Ipsilateral 0.110 ± 0.0259 0.102 ± 0.0150 0.342 44.2 ± 4.92 42.6 ± 3.99 0.287
Contralateral 0.110 ± 0.0307 0.388 44.2 ± 5.08 0.294
Red necleus Ipsilateral 0.091 ± 0.0183 0.081 ± 0.0145 0.018 34.7 ± 4.19 33.8 ± 4.47 1.000
Contralateral 0.093 ± 0.0189 0.002 35.3 ± 4.80 0.455
Substantia nigra Ipsilateral 0.100 ± 0.0165 0.0837 ± 0.0156 <0.001 38.1 ± 5.26 34.9 ± 4.41 0.026
Contralateral 0.100 ± 0.0183 <0.001 38.9 ± 5.91 0.004

Data are presented as mean ±(SD).

Bold, P<0.005, significantly different from controls after the Bonferroni correction.