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. 2020 Feb 26;15:285–292. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S240314

Table 2.

The Results of Mixed-Effects Modeling to Fit MRI Volumetric Data Using Age

Brain Areas Intercept (mL) β (mL) SE (mL) Rate (%/Year) P value
Left hemisphere 618.5 −7.64 1.163 −1.24 0.001
Right hemisphere 612.8 −12.98 0.987 −2.12 < 0.001
Corpus callosum 28.4 −0.25 0.034 −0.87 < 0.001
Cerebellar WM 19.7 0.02 0.183 0.08 0.94
Midbrain 9.76 −0.11 0.018 −1.1 0.001
Pons 16.89 −0.22 0.031 −1.31 < 0.001
Medulla 5.84 −0.06 0.005 −1.03 < 0.001
Left hippocampus 3.52 −0.12 0.018 −3.35 0.001
Right hippocampus 2.87 −0.22 0.022 −7.82 < 0.001
Left amygdala 1.69 −0.06 0.010 −3.73 0.001
Right amygdala 1.76 −0.14 0.013 −7.73 < 0.001
Lateral ventricles 39.3 5.36 0.578 13.65 < 0.001
Third ventricle 3.00 0.12 0.021 4.14 0.001
Fourth ventricle 2.85 0.01 0.020 0.21 0.76
Whole brain WMHs 13.5 2.93 0.392 21.71 < 0.001

Notes: The annual rate of change is calculated based on the intercept, the fitted value for the 2010 visit.

Abbreviations: WM, white matter; WMHs, white matter hyperintensities.