TABLE 4.
Mean CBF values (mL/100 g/min) and their standard deviations in gray matter ROIs that showed significant metabolic differences between groups
ROI | TBI group |
Controls |
t | df | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||
| |||||
R putamen | 46.177 (14.912) | 51.508 (8.754) | 0.900 | 17 | .380 |
R hippocampus | 58.218 (16.743) | 59.989 (7.918) | 0.276 | 17 | .786 |
L anterior cingulate | 56.649 (18.847) | 72.172 (12.373) | 2.026 | 17 | .059 |
R posterior cingulate | 53.857 (13.708) | 58.301 (9.246) | 0.792 | 17 | .439 |
L posterior cingulate | 64.241 (20.441) | 64.304 (8.606) | 0.008 | 17 | .994 |
Note: T-values and P values are from independent-samples t-tests comparing the CBF group means. TBI group: n = 11; control group: n = 8.
Abbreviations: CBF, cerebral blood flow; ROI, region of interest; TBI, traumatic brain injury.