Table 6.
Regional and global brainstem volumes in premature infants and controls at MRI-1 and MRI-2, controlling for GA at MRI.
Midbrain | Pons | Medulla | Total Brainstem | ||||||
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Mean | P | Mean | p | Mean | p | Mean | p | ||
MRI-1 | Control Fetuses (38 scans) | 1.90 | <.0001* | 1.74 | <.0001* | 1.0 | 0.004* | 4.63 | <.0001* |
MRI-2 | Control Infants (38 scans) | 2.33 | 0.0003* | 2.49 | <.0001* | 1.47 | <.0001* | 6.28 | <.0001* |
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.