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Table 6 FDG-PET mean intensity: Cerebral cortical lobes. Ipsilateral/Contralateral Ratios: lower ratios indicate greater ipsilateral hypometabolism.

From: 'MRI-negative PET-positive' temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and mesial TLE differ with quantitative MRI and PET: a case control study

 

HS+ve mean (SD)

p

HS-ve mean (SD)

p

Between Groups: p

Frontal Cortex

0.98 (0.35)

0.032

0.98 (0.25)

0.009

0.818

Temporal Cortex

0.94 (0.31)

<0.001

0.92 (0.24)

<0.001

0.111

Parietal Cortex

0.98 (0.35)

0.095

0.97 (0.25)

<0.001

0.113

Occipital Cortex

1.00 (0.36)

0.844

0.98 (0.25)

0.069

0.202

Insular Cortex

0.94 (0.06)

<0.001

0.95 (0.19)

0.001

0.456

Hippocampi

0.86 (0.09)

<0.001

0.95 (0.06)

<0.001

<0.001

Temporal Cortex, hippocampi excluded.

0.94 (0.30)

<0.001

0.92 (0.18)

0.196

0.135