Table 1:
Volume (milliliters) of whole brain and brain lobes in 52 control subjects, measured at baseline and again at 12 weeks postbaseline*
Structure | Baseline |
Week 12 |
Mean Volume Difference |
Percent Difference |
Pearson Correlation | Concord | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | |||
Whole brain | 1190.4 | 127.0 | 1192.6 | 126.9 | 2.2 | 25.2 | 0.22 | 0.98 | 0.98 |
L frontal GM | 157.2 | 16.8 | 158.6 | 14.8 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 1.08 | 0.96 | 0.95 |
R frontal GM | 160.5 | 17.7 | 161.3 | 16.5 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 0.65 | 0.97 | 0.97 |
L occipital GM | 59.3 | 6.9 | 59.1 | 6.4 | −0.2 | 2.1 | −0.20 | 0.95 | 0.95 |
R occipital GM | 59.4 | 6.8 | 59.4 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.11 | 0.95 | 0.95 |
L parietal GM | 62.7 | 7.1 | 62.4 | 6.8 | −0.3 | 2.0 | −0.34 | 0.96 | 0.96 |
R parietal GM | 63.7 | 7.4 | 63.6 | 7.0 | −0.1 | 2.5 | −0.01 | 0.94 | 0.94 |
L temporal GM | 67.8 | 8.1 | 68.0 | 7.4 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 0.59 | 0.93 | 0.92 |
R temporal GM | 68.6 | 8.7 | 68.8 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 0.72 | 0.93 | 0.91 |
L frontal WM | 141.9 | 14.5 | 142.4 | 13.4 | 0.6 | 5.3 | 0.58 | 0.93 | 0.93 |
R frontal WM | 142.1 | 16.0 | 142.3 | 14.6 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 0.37 | 0.94 | 0.94 |
L occipital WM | 17.1 | 2.9 | 16.9 | 2.9 | −0.2 | 1.4 | −0.64 | 0.89 | 0.88 |
R occipital WM | 17.5 | 2.6 | 17.3 | 2.5 | −0.2 | 1.3 | −0.77 | 0.88 | 0.88 |
L parietal WM | 46.1 | 5.7 | 45.6 | 5.6 | −0.4 | 1.7 | −0.87 | 0.96 | 0.95 |
R parietal WM | 46.0 | 5.0 | 45.6 | 4.8 | −0.3 | 1.8 | −0.62 | 0.93 | 0.93 |
L temporal WM | 36.0 | 4.9 | 36.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.55 | 0.90 | 0.89 |
R temporal WM | 36.1 | 5.1 | 36.1 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.71 | 0.91 | 0.90 |
L caudate | 4.3 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.46 | 0.58 | 0.58 |
R caudate | 4.8 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.6 | −0.21 | 0.57 | 0.56 |
Note:—Concord indicates concordance; L, left; R, right; GM, gray matter; WM, white matter.
None of the mean volume differences were significant by paired-sample t test, and the Pearson correlation between week 0 and week 12 was generally quite high. Concordance is also a measure of the degree to which values at week 0 and week 12 are correlated, unlike the Pearson, which does not take account of the sample mean, concordance is sensitive to changes in sample mean.