Table 3 Comparison of volumes and SUVRs of six thalamic subnuclei of the ipsilateral and contralateral sides in patients with right-TLE.

From: Morphological and metabolic asymmetries of the thalamic subregions in temporal lobe epilepsy predict cognitive functions

 

Volume (mm3) (mean ± SD)

 

SUVR (mean ± SD)

Ipsilateral

(right)

Contralateral

(left)

p$

Adjusted p#

Ipsilateral

(right)

Contralateral

(left)

p$

Adjusted p#

Anterior

131.152 ± 17.566

134.547 ± 15.935

0.208

0.344

0.469 ± 0.092

0.511 ± 0.088

0.003**

0.016*

Lateral

143.154 ± 29.421

148.295 ± 20.209

0.229

0.344

0.598 ± 0.135

0.621 ± 0.119

0.303

0.363

Ventral

2666.269 ± 326.651

2753.129 ± 342.273

0.015

0.090

0.313 ± 0.065

0.334 ± 0.080

0.151

0.227

Intralaminar

400.736 ± 52.426

403.994 ± 54.671

0.524

0.629

0.618 ± 0.084

0.613 ± 0.081

0.639

0.639

Medial

954.315 ± 113.193

975.617 ± 94.572

0.169

0.344

0.928 ± 0.104

0.967 ± 0.085

0.022*

0.043*

Posterior

2132.233 ± 294.784

2136.551 ± 273.283

0.934

0.934

0.625 ± 0.079

0.669 ± 0.092

0.010*

0.031*

Whole thalamus

6427.859 ± 774.444

6552.132 ± 745.348

0.010*

 

0.536 ± 0.069

0.564 ± 0.076

0.035*

 
  1. SD standard deviation, SUVR standard uptake value ratio.
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01
  3. $Two-sided Wilcoxon signed rank test.
  4. #Corrected by using multiple comparison by false discovery rate (FDR).
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