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. 2021 Jul 21;12:663898. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.663898

TABLE 2.

Association between Fisher-transformed cross-correlation values and disease designation (HD vs. Control) after adjusting for age.

Corpus callosum Control HD HD-Control Unadjusted
Estimate (95% CI) Estimate (95% CI) Estimate (95% CI) p-value
Posterior segment 0.44 (0.34,0.55) 0.40 (0.33,0.48) −0.04 (−0.17, 0.09) 0.560
Midposterior segment 0.52 (0.41,0.64) 0.30 (0.22,0.38) −0.23 (−0.37, −0.08) 0.002*
Central segment 0.53 (0.42,0.64) 0.28 (0.20,0.36) −0.24 (−0.38, −0.11) 0.001*
Midanterior segment 0.53 (0.38,0.67) 0.32 (0.21,0.42) −0.21 (−0.39, −0.03) 0.020
Anterior segment 0.56 (0.41,0.71) 0.32 (0.22,0.43) −0.24 (−0.42, −0.06) 0.010

Left Hemisphere Right Hemisphere

Brain regions Control  Estimate (95% CI) HD Estimate (95% CI) HD-Control Estimate (95% CI) Unadjusted p-value Control  Estimate (95% CI) HD Estimate (95% CI) HD-Control Estimate (95% CI) Unadjusted p-value

Thalamus 0.59 (0.42, 0.75) 0.57 (0.45, 0.69) −0.02 (−0.23, 0.19) 0.858 0.58 (0.41, 0.74) 0.56 (0.45, 0.68) −0.01 (−0.22, 0.19) 0.904
Caudate 0.55 (0.38, 0.71) 0.51 (0.39, 0.62) −0.04 (−0.24, 0.16) 0.696 0.56 (0.39, 0.72) 0.52 (0.40, 0.64) −0.04 (−0.24, 0.16) 0.706
Putamen 0.54 (0.36, 0.71) 0.52 (0.39, 0.65) −0.02 (−0.24, 0.20) 0.866 0.57 (0.40, 0.74) 0.52 (0.40, 0.64) −0.05 (−0.26, 0.16) 0.631
Pallidum 0.55 (0.43, 0.66) 0.37 (0.29, 0.46) −0.18 (−0.32, −0.03) 0.017 0.54 (0.42, 0.66) 0.37 (0.28, 0.45) −0.18 (−0.33, −0.03) 0.022
Hippocampus 0.63 (0.49, 0.76) 0.47 (0.37, 0.56) −0.16 (−0.33, 0.01) 0.057 0.64 (0.50, 0.77) 0.45 (0.35, 0.54) −0.19 (−0.36, −0.02) 0.027
Amygdala 0.59 (0.45, 0.73) 0.41 (0.30, 0.51) −0.18 (−0.36, −0.01) 0.042 0.55 (0.42, 0.69) 0.38 (0.29, 0.48) −0.17 (−0.34, 0.00) 0.045
Accumbens area 0.45 (0.30, 0.59) 0.39 (0.28, 0.50) −0.05 (−0.24, 0.13) 0.554 0.46 (0.33, 0.58) 0.35 (0.25, 0.44) −0.11 (−0.27, 0.05) 0.164
Banks of superior temporal sulcus 0.68 (0.50, 0.86) 0.57 (0.44, 0.70) −0.11 (−0.33, 0.12) 0.343 0.69 (0.51, 0.87) 0.57 (0.44, 0.70) −0.12 (−0.34, 0.10) 0.285
Caudal anterior cingulate 0.63 (0.47, 0.79) 0.63 (0.52, 0.75) 0.00 (−0.19, 0.20) 0.969 0.63 (0.47, 0.79) 0.61 (0.50, 0.73) −0.02 (−0.22, 0.18) 0.856
Caudal middle frontal 0.71 (0.54, 0.87) 0.58 (0.46, 0.70) −0.13 (−0.33, 0.08) 0.220 0.67 (0.50, 0.85) 0.60 (0.47, 0.73) −0.07 (−0.29, 0.15) 0.513
Cuneus 0.65 (0.45, 0.86) 0.61 (0.46, 0.76) −0.04 (−0.30, 0.21) 0.741 0.61 (0.41, 0.81) 0.60 (0.45, 0.75) −0.01 (−0.26, 0.24) 0.918
Entorhinal 0.39 (0.30, 0.48) 0.31 (0.24, 0.37) −0.09 (−0.20, 0.03) 0.138 0.35 (0.25, 0.46) 0.32 (0.25, 0.40) −0.03 (−0.16, 0.10) 0.657
Fusiform 0.55 (0.39, 0.71) 0.56 (0.44, 0.68) 0.01 (−0.19, 0.21) 0.905 0.54 (0.39, 0.69) 0.54 (0.43, 0.65) 0.00 (−0.18, 0.19) 0.985
Inferior parietal 0.71 (0.55, 0.87) 0.55 (0.43, 0.67) −0.16 (−0.36, 0.04) 0.127 0.70 (0.53, 0.86) 0.55 (0.43, 0.67) −0.15 (−0.36, 0.06) 0.163
Inferior temporal 0.45 (0.34, 0.56) 0.43 (0.35, 0.51) −0.02 (−0.16, 0.11) 0.748 0.45 (0.33, 0.56) 0.43 (0.35, 0.52) −0.02 (−0.16, 0.13) 0.834
Isthmus of cingulate 0.55 (0.37, 0.72) 0.58 (0.46, 0.71) 0.04 (−0.18, 0.25) 0.734 0.56 (0.39, 0.73) 0.59 (0.46, 0.71) 0.03 (−0.18, 0.24) 0.809
Lateral occipital 0.63 (0.47, 0.80) 0.55 (0.44, 0.67) −0.08 (−0.28, 0.12) 0.436 0.62 (0.46, 0.78) 0.58 (0.46, 0.69) −0.05 (−0.24, 0.15) 0.648
Lateral orbitofrontal 0.45 (0.33, 0.57) 0.38 (0.30, 0.47) −0.07 (−0.21, 0.08) 0.355 0.43 (0.32, 0.54) 0.41 (0.33, 0.49) −0.02 (−0.16, 0.12) 0.783
Lingual 0.57 (0.38, 0.76) 0.62 (0.48, 0.75) 0.04 (−0.19, 0.28) 0.725 0.57 (0.38, 0.76) 0.60 (0.46, 0.74) 0.04 (−0.20, 0.27) 0.759
Medial orbitofrontal 0.46 (0.36, 0.56) 0.34 (0.27, 0.42) −0.12 (−0.24, 0.01) 0.060 0.45 (0.35, 0.54) 0.35 (0.29, 0.42) −0.09 (−0.21, 0.02) 0.118
Middle temporal 0.57 (0.43, 0.70) 0.48 (0.38, 0.57) −0.09 (−0.25, 0.08) 0.287 0.58 (0.45, 0.70) 0.48 (0.39, 0.58) −0.09 (−0.25, 0.06) 0.237
Parahippocampal 0.55 (0.42, 0.68) 0.47 (0.37, 0.56) −0.09 (−0.25, 0.08) 0.306 0.54 (0.40, 0.69) 0.44 (0.33, 0.54) −0.11 (−0.29, 0.07) 0.248
Paracentral 0.64 (0.45, 0.83) 0.66 (0.52, 0.80) 0.02 (−0.22, 0.26) 0.867 0.63 (0.45, 0.81) 0.67 (0.53, 0.80) 0.03 (−0.19, 0.26) 0.764
Pars opercularis 0.65 (0.47, 0.84) 0.61 (0.47, 0.74) −0.05 (−0.27, 0.18) 0.676 0.63 (0.46, 0.80) 0.62 (0.50, 0.75) −0.01 (−0.22, 0.20) 0.923
Pars orbitalis 0.51 (0.35, 0.67) 0.49 (0.37, 0.60) −0.02 (−0.22, 0.18) 0.838 0.49 (0.34, 0.65) 0.54 (0.42, 0.65) 0.04 (−0.15, 0.23) 0.677
Pars triangularis 0.59 (0.42, 0.76) 0.54 (0.42, 0.67) −0.04 (−0.25, 0.17) 0.684 0.58 (0.43, 0.74) 0.56 (0.45, 0.68) −0.02 (−0.22, 0.18) 0.843
Peri-calcarine 0.62 (0.40, 0.84) 0.62 (0.46, 0.79) 0.00 (−0.28, 0.28) 0.984 0.60 (0.39, 0.81) 0.60 (0.44, 0.75) 0.00 (−0.26, 0.26) 0.983
Postcentral 0.67 (0.50, 0.84) 0.62 (0.50, 0.75) −0.05 (−0.26, 0.17) 0.672 0.64 (0.47, 0.81) 0.62 (0.49, 0.74) −0.03 (−0.23, 0.18) 0.800
Posterior cingulate 0.64 (0.46, 0.82) 0.61 (0.48, 0.74) −0.03 (−0.25, 0.20) 0.815 0.61 (0.44, 0.78) 0.60 (0.48, 0.73) −0.01 (−0.22, 0.21) 0.960
Precentral 0.68 (0.51, 0.84) 0.59 (0.47, 0.71) −0.08 (−0.29, 0.12) 0.426 0.65 (0.48, 0.81) 0.60 (0.48, 0.72) −0.04 (−0.25, 0.16) 0.661
Precuneus 0.63 (0.45, 0.81) 0.59 (0.46, 0.71) −0.04 (−0.26, 0.17) 0.695 0.64 (0.46, 0.82) 0.58 (0.45, 0.71) −0.06 (−0.28, 0.16) 0.602
Rostral anterior cingulate 0.57 (0.41, 0.73) 0.52 (0.41, 0.64) −0.04 (−0.24, 0.16) 0.679 0.58 (0.44, 0.72) 0.50 (0.40, 0.60) −0.08 (−0.25, 0.09) 0.357
Rostral middle frontal 0.65 (0.50, 0.81) 0.54 (0.43, 0.66) −0.11 (−0.30, 0.08) 0.266 0.64 (0.48, 0.79) 0.56 (0.45, 0.67) −0.08 (−0.26, 0.11) 0.419
Superior frontal 0.63 (0.47, 0.78) 0.58 (0.46, 0.69) −0.05 (−0.25, 0.14) 0.602 0.63 (0.47, 0.80) 0.58 (0.46, 0.70) −0.05 (−0.25, 0.15) 0.602
Superior parietal 0.68 (0.52, 0.84) 0.60 (0.48, 0.71) −0.08 (−0.28, 0.11) 0.406 0.68 (0.52, 0.84) 0.59 (0.47, 0.71) −0.09 (−0.29, 0.11) 0.361
Superior temporal 0.63 (0.48, 0.78) 0.52 (0.40, 0.63) −0.11 (−0.30, 0.07) 0.238 0.62 (0.47, 0.78) 0.54 (0.42, 0.65) −0.09 (−0.28, 0.11) 0.381
Supramarginal 0.69 (0.52, 0.86) 0.62 (0.50, 0.74) −0.07 (−0.28, 0.14) 0.513 0.65 (0.48, 0.82) 0.62 (0.50, 0.74) −0.03 (−0.24, 0.18) 0.765
Frontal pole 0.36 (0.25, 0.48) 0.28 (0.19, 0.36) −0.09 (−0.23, 0.06) 0.243 0.41 (0.28, 0.54) 0.33 (0.23, 0.42) −0.08 (−0.25, 0.08) 0.303
Transverse temporal 0.63 (0.42, 0.84) 0.61 (0.46, 0.77) −0.02 (−0.27, 0.24) 0.908 0.62 (0.41, 0.82) 0.64 (0.49, 0.78) 0.02 (−0.23, 0.27) 0.873
Insula 0.63 (0.45, 0.82) 0.54 (0.41, 0.68) −0.09 (−0.32, 0.14) 0.441 0.62 (0.45, 0.79) 0.56 (0.43, 0.68) −0.06 (−0.27, 0.15) 0.570
Banks of superior temporal sulcus WM 0.61 (0.46, 0.76) 0.43 (0.32, 0.54) −0.18 (−0.36, 0.01) 0.059 0.57 (0.44, 0.71) 0.40 (0.31, 0.50) −0.17 (−0.33, −0.01) 0.042
Caudal anterior cingulate WM 0.65 (0.52, 0.78) 0.40 (0.31, 0.50) −0.25 (−0.40, −0.09) 0.002* 0.66 (0.55, 0.78) 0.40 (0.31, 0.48) −0.27 (−0.41, −0.12) < 0.001*
Caudal middle frontal WM 0.63 (0.51, 0.75) 0.40 (0.31, 0.49) −0.23 (−0.38, −0.07) 0.004* 0.64 (0.49, 0.78) 0.44 (0.33, 0.54) −0.20 (−0.38, −0.02) 0.026
Cuneus WM 0.68 (0.50, 0.86) 0.59 (0.46, 0.72) −0.10 (−0.32, 0.13) 0.397 0.67 (0.49, 0.84) 0.57 (0.44, 0.70) −0.10 (−0.31, 0.12) 0.389
Entorhinal WM 0.47 (0.36, 0.57) 0.31 (0.23, 0.39) −0.16 (−0.29, −0.03) 0.017 0.49 (0.38, 0.61) 0.31 (0.23, 0.40) −0.18 (−0.33, −0.04) 0.014
Fusiform WM 0.59 (0.45, 0.73) 0.46 (0.35, 0.56) −0.13 (−0.30, 0.04) 0.137 0.57 (0.44, 0.69) 0.45 (0.35, 0.54) −0.12 (−0.28, 0.03) 0.125
Inferior parietal WM 0.64 (0.49, 0.78) 0.44 (0.34, 0.54) −0.20 (−0.37, −0.02) 0.029 0.61 (0.48, 0.75) 0.42 (0.33, 0.52) −0.19 (−0.36, −0.02) 0.026
Inferior temporal WM 0.52 (0.42, 0.63) 0.40 (0.32, 0.48) −0.12 (−0.25, 0.01) 0.065 0.50 (0.40, 0.60) 0.40 (0.32, 0.47) −0.10 (−0.23, 0.03) 0.119
Isthmus of cingulate WM 0.61 (0.49, 0.73) 0.44 (0.35, 0.53) −0.17 (−0.32, −0.02) 0.025 0.60 (0.49, 0.72) 0.43 (0.34, 0.51) −0.17 (−0.32, −0.03) 0.017
Lateral occipital WM 0.63 (0.48, 0.78) 0.49 (0.38, 0.60) −0.14 (−0.32, 0.05) 0.139 0.61 (0.47, 0.74) 0.49 (0.39, 0.58) −0.12 (−0.28, 0.05) 0.155
Lateral orbitofrontal WM 0.53 (0.42, 0.65) 0.35 (0.27, 0.43) −0.18 (−0.32, −0.05) 0.009 0.50 (0.40, 0.60) 0.38 (0.31, 0.46) −0.12 (−0.24, 0.01) 0.066
Lingual WM 0.61 (0.45, 0.78) 0.54 (0.42, 0.66) −0.07 (−0.27, 0.13) 0.499 0.63 (0.47, 0.79) 0.52 (0.41, 0.64) −0.11 (−0.30, 0.09) 0.284
Medial orbitofrontal WM 0.52 (0.42, 0.62) 0.35 (0.28, 0.42) −0.17 (−0.30, −0.05) 0.006 0.51 (0.41, 0.61) 0.35 (0.27, 0.42) −0.16 (−0.29, −0.04) 0.012
Middle temporal WM 0.63 (0.49, 0.77) 0.44 (0.34, 0.54) −0.19 (−0.36, −0.02) 0.033 0.63 (0.52, 0.74) 0.42 (0.34, 0.50) −0.21 (−0.35, −0.07) 0.003*
Parahippocampal WM 0.61 (0.48, 0.74) 0.44 (0.34, 0.53) −0.17 (−0.34, −0.01) 0.033 0.61 (0.49, 0.73) 0.42 (0.33, 0.50) −0.20 (−0.35, −0.05) 0.010
Paracentral WM 0.59 (0.44, 0.74) 0.48 (0.36, 0.59) −0.12 (−0.31, 0.07) 0.231 0.53 (0.39, 0.67) 0.46 (0.36, 0.56) −0.07 (−0.24, 0.10) 0.415
Pars opercularis WM 0.70 (0.56, 0.84) 0.47 (0.37, 0.58) −0.22 (−0.40, −0.05) 0.012 0.67 (0.53, 0.82) 0.46 (0.35, 0.56) −0.22 (−0.39, −0.04) 0.015
Pars orbitalis WM 0.59 (0.43, 0.75) 0.47 (0.35, 0.58) −0.12 (−0.31, 0.08) 0.236 0.57 (0.42, 0.73) 0.51 (0.40, 0.62) −0.06 (−0.25, 0.13) 0.533
Pars triangularis WM 0.63 (0.49, 0.78) 0.43 (0.33, 0.54) −0.20 (−0.38, −0.03) 0.024 0.63 (0.50, 0.76) 0.45 (0.36, 0.55) −0.18 (−0.34, −0.01) 0.033
Peri-calcarine WM 0.65 (0.48, 0.81) 0.54 (0.42, 0.66) −0.10 (−0.31, 0.10) 0.327 0.63 (0.47, 0.79) 0.52 (0.41, 0.64) −0.11 (−0.30, 0.09) 0.292
Postcentral WM 0.71 (0.55, 0.86) 0.55 (0.44, 0.67) −0.16 (−0.35, 0.04) 0.112 0.67 (0.52, 0.82) 0.55 (0.44, 0.66) −0.12 (−0.31, 0.07) 0.209
Posterior cingulate WM 0.65 (0.52, 0.77) 0.39 (0.30, 0.48) −0.26 (−0.41, −0.10) 0.001* 0.60 (0.48, 0.71) 0.39 (0.31, 0.47) −0.20 (−0.34, −0.07) 0.004*
Precentral WM 0.63 (0.50, 0.76) 0.43 (0.34, 0.53) −0.20 (−0.36, −0.03) 0.019 0.60 (0.47, 0.73) 0.43 (0.34, 0.53) −0.17 (−0.33, 0.00) 0.048
Precuneus WM 0.62 (0.49, 0.75) 0.46 (0.36, 0.56) −0.16 (−0.32, 0.00) 0.056 0.59 (0.46, 0.73) 0.44 (0.35, 0.54) −0.15 (−0.32, 0.02) 0.088
Rostral anterior cingulate WM 0.62 (0.50, 0.74) 0.39 (0.30, 0.48) −0.23 (−0.39, −0.08) 0.003* 0.63 (0.51, 0.74) 0.36 (0.28, 0.45) −0.26 (−0.40, −0.12) <0.001*
Rostral middle frontal WM 0.66 (0.53, 0.79) 0.42 (0.32, 0.51) −0.24 (−0.40, −0.08) 0.003* 0.66 (0.54, 0.78) 0.43 (0.35, 0.52) −0.23 (−0.37, −0.08) 0.003*
Superior frontal WM 0.65 (0.51, 0.78) 0.45 (0.35, 0.55) −0.20 (−0.37, −0.03) 0.024 0.63 (0.50, 0.76) 0.44 (0.35, 0.54) −0.19 (−0.35, −0.02) 0.027
Superior parietal WM 0.63 (0.50, 0.76) 0.45 (0.36, 0.55) −0.18 (−0.34, −0.02) 0.027 0.58 (0.45, 0.72) 0.46 (0.36, 0.56) −0.13 (−0.30, 0.05) 0.149
Superior temporal WM 0.65 (0.52, 0.79) 0.43 (0.33, 0.52) −0.23 (−0.39, −0.07) 0.006 0.68 (0.54, 0.82) 0.48 (0.37, 0.58) −0.21 (−0.38, −0.03) 0.021
Supramarginal WM 0.68 (0.54, 0.82) 0.48 (0.38, 0.58) −0.20 (−0.37, −0.03) 0.021 0.61 (0.48, 0.74) 0.46 (0.37, 0.56) −0.15 (−0.31, 0.02) 0.084
Frontal pole WM 0.37 (0.25, 0.49) 0.31 (0.22, 0.40) −0.06 (−0.21, 0.09) 0.453 0.45 (0.29, 0.60) 0.40 (0.28, 0.51) −0.05 (−0.24, 0.14) 0.600
Transverse temporal WM 0.69 (0.52, 0.86) 0.52 (0.40, 0.65) −0.17 (−0.38, 0.04) 0.119 0.66 (0.49, 0.82) 0.56 (0.44, 0.68) −0.10 (−0.31, 0.11) 0.356
Insula WM 0.67 (0.55, 0.80) 0.44 (0.35, 0.53) −0.23 (−0.39, −0.08) 0.004* 0.68 (0.55, 0.80) 0.45 (0.36, 0.54) −0.23 (−0.38, −0.07) 0.004*
Deep white matter 0.51 (0.40, 0.61) 0.32 (0.24, 0.40) −0.19 (−0.32, −0.06) 0.005 0.49 (0.38, 0.60) 0.33 (0.25, 0.41) −0.16 (−0.30, −0.03) 0.016

Disease designation-specific estimates, and 95% confidence intervals, of Fisher-transformed cross-correlation among 50-years are provided, along with difference between HD subjects and controls (regardless of age, due to the lack of interaction between age and designation), and the unadjusted p-vales (p). * significant difference pfdr < 0.05. WM, white matter.