Table 3.

Coefficient of variation (COVrep, %) for major metabolites.

	COVrep (%)
Brain region	tCho	tCre	MI	NAA
L Calcarine	7.27	8.94	5.47	13.43
R Calcarine	11.63	14.42	10.59	13.00
L Caudate	12.03	7.93	8.53	22.89
R Caudate	19.00	10.67	6.62	24.31
Cerebellum	10.61	17.31	28.44	20.28
L Anterior Cingulum	6.20	8.78	4.71	14.59
R Anterior Cingulum	6.85	6.41	3.43	12.83
L Mid Cingulum	9.62	9.44	3.18	13.89
R Mid Cingulum	5.26	11.24	2.68	17.67
L Posterior Cingulum	4.73	6.45	5.01	7.19
R Posterior Cingulum	10.62	6.10	4.58	6.41
L Cuneus	7.29	10.71	7.58	9.37
R Cuneus	8.04	12.06	11.11	11.07
L Frontal Lobe	4.33	7.18	4.76	8.68
R Frontal Lobe	12.79	4.39	3.28	9.58
L Fusiform Gyrus	15.91	10.46	10.02	18.75
R Fusiform Gyrus	10.84	13.19	19.78	20.94
L Hippocampus	12.45	11.14	7.72	11.01
R Hippocampus	15.24	10.46	10.74	12.08
L Insula	3.13	6.79	3.48	19.45
R Insula	34.44	6.60	4.63	17.07
L Lingual Gyrus	10.53	12.34	10.68	17.38
R Lingual Gyrus	16.60	13.27	13.28	16.60
L Occipital Lobe	5.76	9.93	6.63	11.15
R Occipital Lobe	9.08	12.74	8.48	9.53
L Pallidum	12.41	10.15	8.04	41.97
R Pallidum	12.70	17.14	8.88	37.91
L Paracentral Lobule	17.79	17.57	6.26	22.12
R Paracentral Lobule	16.46	20.08	5.93	29.10
L Parietal Lobe	4.47	6.30	3.49	6.54
R Parietal Lobe	10.22	5.44	4.29	6.77
L Postcentral Gyrus	10.16	10.10	4.18	9.89
R Postcentral Gyrus	10.58	11.64	4.13	12.59
L Precentral Gyrus	11.91	12.20	4.56	16.17
R Precentral Gyrus	84.52	11.54	4.72	14.53
L Precuneus	6.94	5.99	4.21	7.87
R Precuneus	7.82	6.65	3.09	10.72
L Putamen	6.23	6.94	4.91	30.85
R Putamen	13.48	9.99	7.32	22.54
L Rolandic Operculum	4.07	6.96	4.25	7.96
R Rolandic Operculum	4.72	8.29	4.30	9.05
L Supplemental Motor Area	14.95	19.46	7.08	32.60
R Supplemental Motor Area	22.56	22.08	4.86	25.93
L Temporal Lobe	3.70	4.35	3.78	8.12
R Temporal Lobe	8.23	5.15	6.17	6.48
L Thalamus	11.69	8.28	7.63	14.71
R Thalamus	21.24	12.43	8.35	20.60

L, left; R, right; tCho, total choline; tCre, creatine + phosphocreatine (total creatine); MI, myo-inositol; NAA, N-acetylaspartate.