Table 2.

Test and retest overall mean cHbO/cHbR for both groups (MS/HC).

		MS (n = 16)					HC (n = 19)
	Area	Mean	MD	SD	25% Quartile	75% Quartile	Mean	MD	SD	25% Quartile	75% Quartile
Test HbO [µmol/L]	lDLPFC9	0.114 #	0.090	0.214	−0.001	0.135	−0.083	−0.081	0.217	−0.204	0.056
	rDLPFC9	0.055 #	−0.003	0.177	−0.057	0.154	−0.106 #	−0.075	0.222	−0.283	0.025
	lDLPFC46	0.315 #	0.304	0.207	0.212	0.351	0.104	0.074	0.257	−0.086	0.332
	rDLPFC46	0.210	0.201	0.132	0.111	0.290	0.067	0.046	0.192	−0.080	0.175
	mDLPFC9	0.067	0.034	0.155	−0.050	0.180	−0.113 #	−0.076	0.207	−0.180	−0.029
	lFPC10	0.122	0.072	0.237	−0.036	0.218	0.008	−0.034	0.225	−0.141	0.185
	rFPC10	0.126	0.055	0.199	0.000	0.228	0.008	−0.020	0.179	−0.103	0.084
	mFPC10	−0.058	−0.074	0.250	−0.265	0.081	−0.131	−0.188	0.189	−0.213	0.051
Test HbR [µmol/L]	lDLPFC9	−0.020	−0.033	0.058	−0.066	0.007	0.015	0.009	0.051	−0.010	0.047
	rDLPFC9	−0.026	−0.029	0.043	−0.061	−0.002	0.009	0.009	0.052	−0.017	0.038
	lDLPFC46	−0.047	−0.028	0.061	−0.086	−0.008	0.011	0.004	0.074	−0.040	0.061
	rDLPFC46	−0.014	0.002	0.057	−0.066	0.035	0.006	0.010	0.061	−0.030	0.049
	mDLPFC9	−0.055	−0.055	0.065	−0.114	−0.001	0.000	−0.006	0.056	−0.031	0.030
	lFPC10	−0.048	−0.046	0.055	−0.084	0.003	−0.003	0.001	0.049	−0.044	0.043
	rFPC10	−0.023	−0.038	0.058	−0.067	0.020	0.011	0.002	0.064	−0.037	0.038
	mFPC10	−0.014	−0.015	0.075	−0.045	0.011	−0.004	0.003	0.062	−0.050	0.052
Retest HbO [µmol/L]	lDLPFC9	0.047	0.016	0.112	−0.026	0.128	−0.121	−0.107	0.237	−0.346	0.058
	rDLPFC9	0.099	0.035	0.221	−0.056	0.296	−0.114	−0.142	0.271	−0.216	0.060
	lDLPFC46	0.215	0.227	0.169	0.122	0.331	0.055	0.045	0.202	−0.066	0.244
	rDLPFC46	0.208	0.170	0.281	0.040	0.452	0.089	0.081	0.305	−0.036	0.236
	mDLPFC9	0.086	0.100	0.157	−0.046	0.215	−0.114	−0.119	0.258	−0.224	0.073
	lFPC10	0.166	0.118	0.195	0.004	0.324	−0.005	0.000	0.238	−0.198	0.073
	rFPC10	0.130	0.138	0.149	0.029	0.229	−0.031	−0.009	0.187	−0.107	0.071
	mFPC10	−0.050	−0.053	0.206	−0.173	0.090	−0.121	−0.098	0.179	−0.270	−0.016
Retest HbR [µmol/L]	lDLPFC9	0.005 #	−0.028	0.070	−0.034	0.052	0.029	0.020	0.057	−0.014	0.058
	rDLPFC9	−0.028	−0.031	0.040	−0.067	0.008	0.010	0.008	0.076	−0.043	0.078
	lDLPFC46	−0.036	−0.050	0.070	−0.086	0.018	0.019	0.015	0.056	−0.005	0.044
	rDLPFC46	−0.081 #	−0.073	0.122	−0.109	0.001	0.010	0.010	0.067	−0.038	0.063
	mDLPFC9	−0.054	−0.054	0.048	−0.108	−0.016	0.016	0.012	0.050	−0.013	0.051
	lFPC10	−0.056	−0.060	0.062	−0.091	−0.011	0.002	0.010	0.056	−0.043	0.052
	rFPC10	−0.049	−0.042	0.054	−0.088	−0.008	0.000	−0.008	0.069	−0.035	0.034
	mFPC10	−0.027	−0.021	0.072	−0.070	0.041	0.008	0.010	0.053	−0.020	0.044

MS: multiple sclerosis; HC: healthy control; MD: median; SD: standard deviation; HbO: oxyhemoglobin; HbR: deoxyhemoglobin; l/r/mDLPFC9: left/right/medial dorsolateral prefrontal cortex Brodmann area 9; l/rDLPFC46: left/right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex Brodmann area 46; l/r/mFPC10: left/right/medial frontopolar cortex Brodmann area 10; ^#: not normally distributed.