Table 3:

Adjusted mean brain regional vascular diameters (mm)a

Brain RegionControl (n = 10) (mean) (SE)PE (n = 10) (mean) (SE)P Valued
Cerebellumb0.56 (0.01)0.55 (0.01).417
Frontal lobeb0.54 (0.01)0.52 (0.01).112
Occipital lobeb0.50 (0.01)0.45 (0.01).004
Parietal lobeb0.55 (0.01)0.52 (0.01).025
Temporal lobeb0.63 (0.01)0.60 (0.01).128
Cerebral cortexc0.57 (0.01)0.55 (0.01).085
Cerebral white matterc0.44 (0.02)0.42 (0.02).454

  • ↵a All means were adjusted for age (9.72 yr), height (1.38 m), and weight (30.39 kg).

  • ↵b Derived from the Montreal Neurological Institute brain atlas.

  • ↵c Derived from the Harvard-Oxford subcortical atlas.

  • ↵d Bonferroni-corrected.