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Table 2 Comparison of brain morphology characteristics for PD patients and controls

From: Brain MRI morphometric analysis in Parkinson’s disease patients with sleep disturbances

Region

Parkinson’s disease

Controls

Univariatea

Adjustedb

Thickness

mm ± SD

mm ± SD

(df) = F, p

(df) = F, p

Left caudal middle frontal

2.53 ± 0.19

2.61 ± 0.98

(1,55) = 4.3, 0.04

(1,55) = 0.7, 0.38

Left fusiform

2.68 ± 0.14

2.77 ± 0.95

(1,55) = 5.7, 0.02

(1,55) = 4.5, 0.03

Left parahipocampal

2.61 ± 0.37

3.00 ± 0.23

(1,55) = 16.3, 0.001

(1,55) = 14.4, 0.001

Left posterior cingulate

2.37 ± 0.16

2.48 ± 0.17

(1,55) = 5.0, 0.02

(1,55) = 6.1, 0.01

Left precentral

2.27 ± 0.19

2.41 ± 0.18

(1,55) = 7.6, 0.008

(1,55) = 4.9, 0.03

Right caudal anterior cingulate

2.39 ± 0.30

2.56 ± 0.24

(1,55) = 4.2, 0.04

(1,55) = 4.0, 0.05

Right isthmus cingulate

2.20 ± 0.16

2.30 ± 0.12

(1,55) = 5.1, 0.01

(1,55) = 2.6, 0.11

Right parahipocampal

2.67 ± 0.29

2.91 ± 0.21

(1,55) = 2.0, 0.001

(1,55) = 8.3, 0.006

Right precentral

2.28 ± 0.22

2.41 ± 0.10

(1,55) = 5.5, 0.02

(1,55) = 4.1, 0.05

Right superior temporal

2.85 ± 0.13

2.92 ± 0.09

(1,55) = 4.6, 0.02

(1,55) = 3.01, 0.07

Right transverse temporal

2.25 ± 0.25

2.39 ± 0.17

(1,55) = 4.3, 0.04

(1,55) = 3.1, 0.08

 

Subcortical structures

 

mm3 ± SD

mm3 ± SD

(df) = F, p

(df) = F, p

Left lateral ventricule

75.47 ± 31.86

153.88 ± 145.9

(1,55) = 5.0, 0.02

(1,55) = 4.01, 0.05

Right lateral ventricule

71.53 ± 27.21

132.92 ± 115.21

(1,55) = 4.39 0.03

(1,55) = 4.4, 0.04

Right hipocampus total

42.63 ± 28.8

40.41 ± 49.18

(1,55) = 5.9, 0.03

(1,55) = 6.1, 0.01

Left hipocampus total

41.54 ± 38.6

39.16 ± 44.0

(1,55) = 3.8, 0.05

(1,55) = 6.5, 0.01

Left amygdala

15.89 ± 22.0

14.57 ± 20.03

(1,55) = 4.9, 0.03

(1,55) = 9.8, 0.003

 

Brainstem structures

 

mm3 ± SD

mm3 ± SD

(df) = F, p

(df) = F, p

Superior cereberal peduncle

25.84 ± 4.66

32.08 ± 9.43

(1,55) = 7.0, 0.01

(1,55) = 5.4, 0.02

 

White matter volume

 

mm3 ± SD

mm3 ± SD

(df) = F, p

(df) = F, p

Left inferior parietal

9.96 ± 0.13

10.03 ± 0.11

(1,55) = 3.7, 0.05

(1,55) = 3.1, 0.08

Left rostral middle frontal

9.98 ± 0.07

10.04 ± 0.15

(1,55) = 4.9, 0.03

(1,55) = 4.0, 0.04

Left superior parietal

10.05 ± 0.05

10.01 ± 0.17

(1,55) = 1.93, 0.05

(1,55) = 1.2, 0.2

Left frontal pole

9.44 ± 0.25

9.64 ± 0.19

(1,55) = 8.8, 0.004

(1,55) = 5.9, 0.01

Left insula

9.69 ± 0.07

9.70 ± 0.21

(1,55) = 5.7, 0.02

(1,55) = 3.3, 0.07

Right entorhinal

8.67 ± 0.21

8.87 ± 0.18

(1,55) = 11.5, 0.001

(1,55) = 10.6, 0.002

Right transverse temporal

9.73 ± 0.16

9.88 ± 0.19

(1,55) = 8.4, 0.005

(1,55) = 6.1, 0.01

Right insula

9.42 ± 0.10

9.52 ± 0.21

(1,55) = 3.7, 0.05

(1,55) = 2.8, 0.09

 

Surface area

 

mm2 ± SD

mm2 ± SD

(df) = F, p

(df) = F, p

Left frontal pole

23.20 ± 2.96

25.15 ± 3.51

(1,55) = 4.69, 0.03

(1,55) = 7.6, 0.008

Right frontal pole

28.01 ± 3.43

30.05 ± 3.10

(1.55) = 4.62, 0.03

(1,55) = 3.47, 0.06

  1. aOne way ANOWA analysis
  2. bGeneral lineal model adjusted with age, gender, MMSE, ICV
  3. p values are FDR corrected
  4. Significant p values are in bold