Table II.

Differences in global gray matter, white matter and CSF volumes between SLI and healthy children

	SLI, Mean (SD)	Healthy controls, Mean (SD)	F	P
Gray matter
Whole sample	802.17 (63.86) ml	771.56 (80.33) ml	5.42	0.02
Younger children	809.46 (64.11) ml	734.00 (79.75) ml	10.09	0.004
Older children	794.03 (64.54) ml	795.46 (72.66) ml	0.047	ns
White matter
Whole Sample	371.80 (40.19) ml	354.22 (49.09) ml	4.88	0.03
Younger children	363.75 (37.98) ml	318.65 (42.08) ml	12.95	0.001
Older children	380.80 (41.81) ml	376.85 (39.24) ml	0.05	ns
CSF
Whole Sample	280.08 (41.09) ml	289.47 (34.04) ml	0.00	ns
Younger children	283.45 (47.24) ml	274.53 (30.86) ml	2.90	ns
Older children	276.30 (33.97) ml	298.98 (33.14) ml	2.05	ns

CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; ml, millilitres; ns, nonsignificant.