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. 2022 Sep 15;12(10):e2755. doi: 10.1002/brb3.2755

TABLE 4.

A summary of all the significant group comparisons of shape thickness between OCD patients and healthy controls (p < 0.05, corrected for multiple comparisons with FDR Searchlight)

Shape thickness effect size (Cohen's d) and percentage change in the structure
Group comparison Amygdala Hippocampus Putamen Caudate nucleus Nucleus accumbens Thalamus Pallidum
OCDdep (n = 101) vs. controls (n = 368) Ns LH: d = −0.135 (5.4%) RH: d = 0.167 (6.5%) LH: d = −0.132 (2.8%) Ns Ns RH: d = 0.159 (7.8%)
OCDanx (n = 190) vs. controls (n = 368) Ns LH: d = −0.111 (2.4%) RH: d = 0.205 (7.8%) LH: d = −0.139 (5.6%) Ns Ns RH: d = 0.202 (4.3%)
OCDmed (n = 176) vs. controls (n = 368) Ns RH: d = −0.146 (4.6%) LH: d = −0.115 (7.1%) RH: d = 0.175 (4.4%) Ns RH: d = −0.126 (6.4%) RH: d = 0.177 (5.9%)
LH: d = −0.161 (5.8%)

Abbreviations: Ns: not significant; OCD: obsessive‐compulsive disorder; OCDanx: OCD patients with comorbid anxiety disorder; OCDdep: OCD patients with comorbid major depression; OCDmed: OCD patients on medication.