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. 2013 Aug 14;35(5):2285–2296. doi: 10.1002/hbm.22327

Table 4.

Relationship of prenatal alcohol exposure to volumetric and sulcal measures among the alcohol‐exposed children only (N = 24)

AA/day AA/drinking day
Total brain volume −0.64 d −0.48 b
WM −0.59 c −0.41 b
GM −0.66 d −0.50 b
g‐SI −0.47 b −0.42 b
AA/day AA/drinking day
Left Right Left Right
Local sulcal index
Central sulcus −0.42 b −0.20 −0.25 −0.13
Precentral sulcus −0.11 0.47b 0.15 0.48b
Prefrontal sulcus −0.23 −0.52 c −0.17 −0.41 b
Medial frontal sulcus −0.16 −0.19 −0.15 −0.19
Intraparietal sulcus −0.31 −0.29 −0.31 −0.31
Parietal sulcus −0.13 −0.19 0.05 −0.21
Lateral temporal sulcus −0.13 −0.49 b −0.22 −0.39 a
Medial temporal sulcus −0.47 b 0.38a −0.61 c 0.33
Mean sulcal depth
Central sulcus −0.18 0.05 −0.22 0.13
Precentral sulcus −0.26 −0.40 a 0.01 −0.41 a
Prefrontal sulcus −0.01 −0.42 b 0.003 −0.26
Medial frontal sulcus 0.11 −0.35 a 0.16 −0.25
Intraparietal sulcus −0.50 b −0.26 −0.60 c −0.35 a
Parietal sulcus −0.22 0.000 −0.02 0.05
Lateral temporal sulcus −0.05 −0.27 0.07 −0.003
Medial temporal sulcus −0.39 a 0.01 −0.45 b 0.06
Regional fold opening
Central sulcus 0.47 b 0.29 0.38 a 0.16
Precentral sulcus 0.29 0.38 a 0.15 0.39 a
Prefrontal sulcus 0.38 a 0.64 d 0.18 0.45 b
Medial frontal sulcus 0.39 a 0.45 b 0.20 0.52 c
Intraparietal sulcus 0.50 b 0.41 b 0.34 0.26
Parietal sulcus 0.49 b 0.42 b 0.33 0.27
Lateral temporal sulcus 0.64 d 0.43 b 0.47 b 0.27
Medial temporal sulcus 0.68 d −0.03 0.56 c −0.13

Values are Pearson's r.

a

P < 0.10.

b

P < 0.05.

c

P < 0.01.

d

P < 0.001.