Table 3.

Regional and total cerebellar volumes in premature infants and controls at MRI-1 (top row) and MRI-2 (bottom row), adjusting for gestational age at MRI. LH= left hemisphere, RH=right hemisphere, LDN=left dentate nucleus, RDN=right dentate nucleus, AV=anterior vermis, NV= neo vermis, PV=posterior vermis, and CBL=cerebellum.

		LH		RH		LDN		RDN		AV		NV		PV		Total CBL
		Mean	p	Mean	p	Mean	p	Mean	p	Mean	p	Mean	p	Mean	p	Mean	p
MRI-1	Control Fetuses (38 scans)	5.43	<.0001*	5.43	<.0001*	0.15	0.43	0.14	0.22	0.43	0.63	0.37	0.42	0.31	0.71	12.27	<.0001*
	Premature Infants (52 scans)	4.56		4.58		0.14		0.14		0.42		0.36		0.3		10.49
MRI-2	Control Infants (38 scans)	9.83	0.0005 *	9.92	0.0001 *	0.21	0.04*	0.20	0.01*	0.60	0.03*	0.50	0.005*	0.45	0.06	21.72	0.0008 *
	Premature Infants (58 scans)	8.82		8.8		0.19		0.19		0.66		0.56		0.48		19.71

Results of least squares means estimates from generalized linear model, controlling for gestational age at MRI.

MRI-1 denotes the timepoint of the third trimester (either in utero or ex utero in the early postnatal period following preterm birth);

MRI-2 denotes the timepoint of term equivalent age;

^*Significant after adjusting for multiple testing.