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. 2020 Feb 7;45(7):1215–1222. doi: 10.1038/s41386-020-0630-2

Table 3.

Significant associations of smoking variables with white matter metrics.

Cigarettes per day Duration Ever smoked
Region β p q β p q β p q
Total white matter volume −0.019 0.051 0.076 0.009 0.028 0.042 0.009 0.713 0.713
White matter hyperintensity 0.011 0.235 0.235 0.001 0.727 0.727 0.124 5.89E−08 1.77E−07
Fractional anisotropy
 Cingulate gyrus part of cingulum (L) −0.001 0.916 0.985 0.002 0.570 0.905 0.055 0.004 0.025
 Posterior thalamic radiation (L) 0.003 0.722 0.985 0.006 0.148 0.443 0.059 0.004 0.025
 Superior thalamic radiation (L) −0.006 0.450 0.985 0.002 0.508 0.832 0.052 0.006 0.033
 Superior thalamic radiation (R) 0.000 0.985 0.985 −0.001 0.823 0.963 0.055 0.004 0.025
Mean diffusivity
 Middle cerebellar peduncle 0.006 0.464 0.985 −0.004 0.270 0.539 0.070 0.0004 0.007
 Medial lemniscus (R) −0.004 0.641 0.985 0.001 0.685 0.963 0.060 0.002 0.022
 Posterior thalamic radiation (L) −0.007 0.405 0.985 −0.007 0.074 0.413 0.072 0.001 0.010
 Posterior thalamic radiation (R) −0.015 0.080 0.985 −0.001 0.769 0.963 0.091 0.00002 0.001
 Superior thalamic radiation (L) 0.006 0.473 0.985 0.001 0.785 0.963 0.071 0.002 0.018
 Superior thalamic radiation (R) −0.001 0.931 0.985 0.003 0.502 0.832 0.094 0.0001 0.002

Standardized beta coefficients (β) and p values are reported for hurdle negative-binomial regression models of smoking variables predicting white matter metrics. Bold indicates FDR significance (q < 0.05). Full results are reported in Table S3.