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. 2022 Mar 15;43(9):2923–2935. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25826

TABLE 2.

Sex difference in gray matter volume of insula subregions

Males, mean (SE) Females, mean (SE) Males vs. females p values
vIa.L 0.633 (0.004) 0.594 (0.004) 3.56 × 10−11
vIa.R 0.706 (0.005) 0.650 (0.005) 8.52 × 10−16
dIa.L 0.689 (0.005) 0.630 (0.005) 2.35 × 10−15
dIa.R 0.739 (0.005) 0.671 (0.005) 1.39 × 10−18
vId/vIg.L 0.622 (0.004) 0.582 (0.004) 1.01 × 10−10
vId/vIg.R 0.654 (0.004) 0.601 (0.005) 2.62 × 10−15
dId.L 0.712 (0.005) 0.654 (0.005) 2.98 × 10−14
dId.R 0.695 (0.005) 0.637 (0.005) 2.54 × 10−14
dIg.L 0.659 (0.005) 0.617 (0.006) 9.99 × 10−8
dIg.R 0.669 (0.005) 0.609 (0.005) 8.40 × 10−14
G.L 0.627 (0.006) 0.572 (0.006) 2.29 × 10−10
G.R 0.591 (0.006) 0.537 (0.006) 4.35 × 10−10

Note: Two‐sample t‐tests were used to examine the sex differences in gray matter volume of insula subregions with age as a nuisance covariate.

Abbreviations: dIa, dorsal agranular insula; dId, dorsal dysgranular insula; dIg, dorsal granular insula; G, hypergranular insula; L, left; R, right; SE, standard error; vIa, ventral agranular insula; vId/vIg, ventral dysgranular and granular insula.