Table 1 Analysis of covariance looking at the overall effect of the combined BMI/WHR group on the volumes of subcortical regions-of-interest before and after adjustment for total GM volume.

From: Central obesity is selectively associated with cerebral gray matter atrophy in 15,634 subjects in the UK Biobank

Region of interest

Hemisphere

Results adjusted for covariates

 

Results adjusted for GM atrophy and covariates

 
  

F (5, 15,619)

p value

ηp2

 

F (5, 15,619)

p value

ηp2

 

Thalamus

Left

6.618

3.658×10−6

0.002

*

4.461

4.606×10−4

0.001

*

Thalamus

Right

7.056

1.345×10−6

0.002

*

4.921

1.672×10−4

0.001

*

Caudate

Left

5.98

1.559×10−5

0.001

*

5.235

8.306×10−5

0.001

*

Caudate

Right

6.943

1.741×10−6

0.002

*

6.164

1.027×10−5

0.002

*

Putamen

Left

2.752

0.017

0.001

 

1.695

0.131

5.43 × 10−4

 

Putamen

Right

2.668

0.02

8.542 × 10−4

 

1.478

0.193

0.0004

 

Pallidum

Left

7.238

8.838×10−7

2.314×10−3

*

7.24

8.798×10−7

2.315×10−4

*

Pallidum

Right

10.244

8.074×10−10

0.003

*

9.356

6.489×10−9

0.002

*

Amygdala

Left

2.751

0.017

8.81 × 10−4

 

2.733

0.018

0.001

 

Amygdala

Right

3.804

0.001

0.001

*

3.626

0.0028

0.001

*

Nucleus accumbens

Left

8.4318

5.606×10−8

0.002

*

4.886

1.805×10−4

0.001

*

Nucleus accumbens

Right

9.884

1.882×10−9

0.003

*

5.676

3.098×10−5

0.001

*

Hippocampus

Left

0.927

0.461

2 × 10−3

 

0.586

0.071

1.88

 

Hippocampus

Right

2.546

0.026

0.001

 

2.563

0.025

0.001

 
  1. P values in bold, and marked with *, are those significant after Bonferroni correction at p value 0.004.