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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroimage. 2020 Mar 5;213:116702. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116702

Table 7.

Regional and global brainstem volumes in premature infants and controls at MRI-1 and MRI-2, controlling for GA at MRI and total brain volume.

Midbrain Pons Medulla T otal Brainstem
Mean p Mean p Mean p Mean p
MRI-1 Control Fetuses (38 scans) 1.81 0.05 1.65 0.20 0.95 0.89 4.42 0.11
Premature Infants (52 scans) 1.74 1.60 0.95 4.28
MRI-2 Control Infants (38 scans) 2.21 0.34 2.37 0.18 1.39 0.005* 5.96 0.14
Premature Infants (58 scans) 2.24 2.29 1.29 5.82

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

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.