Fig. 2: Growth trajectory of major brain tissues and regions between term-equivalent age, 7 years and 13 years of age for very preterm infants in the sepsis and no sepsis group.
From: Brain volume and neurodevelopment at 13 years following sepsis in very preterm infants
a cerebral cortex, b cerebral white matter, c subcortical grey matter, d cerebellum. Note: Red dashed lines represent the sepsis group and blue solid lines represent the no sepsis group; shading represents 95% confidence intervals; hemispheres are combined; subcortical grey matter is made up of thalamus, basal ganglia (caudate, putamen, pallidum, accumbens), hippocampus and amygdala; points at each age represent mean volume; models were adjusted for sex and mean volumes are averaged over sex. cc – cubic centimetres.
