Table 2.
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy metabolite means (standard deviation).
Metabolites (I.U.) | Schizophrenia | Healthy controls | p-value |
---|---|---|---|
Glutamate (Glu) | 7.4 (1.3) | 6.6 (0.7) | 0.021* |
Glutamine (Gln) | 2.2 (0.6) | 1.8 (0.4) | 0.016* |
GABA | 0.87 (0.2) | 0.95 (0.2) | 0.22 |
Linewidth (LW)a | 0.046 (0.02) | 0.042 (0.01) | 0.55 |
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)a | 73 (18) | 76 (16) | 0.67 |
p < 0.05, 1 Glu and 1 Gln were excluded, 3 GABA datasets were excluded.
LW and SNR as computed by LCModel.
I.U., institutional units.