Table 3.

Post-hoc analyses testing thickness in Desikan-Killiany regions of interest as mediators of the relationship between DE and anxiety. Table shows the five Desikan-Killiany (Desikan et al., 2006) regions containing the highest number of vertices from the right ROI. Vertices in the right ROI comprised between 16 and 54 percent of the total vertices in each Desikan-Killiany region. Thinner cortex in the right middle temporal gyrus (MTG) was associated with higher anxiety scores at follow-up, whereas thickness in the right insula, lingual gyrus, banks of the superior temporal sulcus (STS) and lateral occipital cortex was not associated with anxiety. c = total effect; c′ = direct effect. P-value terms: ns p > 0.05; * p < 0.05; ^** p < 0.01; ^*** p < 0.001.

Desikan-Killiany Atlas Region (right hemisphere)	Number of Vertices from Right ROI	Number of Right ROI Vertices/Total Vertices in Region (%)	Mediation Statistics
Insula	85	26.4%	c/c′ = 0.25***/0.25*** indirect effect: 0.00, ns CI: [-0.01, 0.01]
Middle temporal gyrus	72	22.6%	c/c′ = 0.25***/0.24*** indirect effect: 0.01* CI: [0.00, 0.02]
Lingual gyrus	70	28.2%	c/c′ = 0.25***/0.25*** indirect effect: 0.00, ns CI: [−0.01, 0.01]
Banks of the STS	69	53.9%	c/c′ = 0.25***/0.25*** indirect effect: 0.01, ns CI: [0.00, 0.02]
Lateral occipital cortex	59	16.0%	c/c′ = 0.25***/0.25*** indirect effect: 0.00, ns CI: [−0.01, 0.01]