Table 3 Differences in gyrification index between newborns with congenital heart disease and healthy controls.

From: Impaired development of the cerebral cortex in infants with congenital heart disease is correlated to reduced cerebral oxygen delivery

Region

GI mean (SD)

ANCOVA

CHD, n = 30

Control, n = 30

p value

Whole brain

2.373 (0.127)

2.464 (0.144)

0.003

*

Frontal lobes

2.112 (0.114)

2.164 (0.124)

0.052

Ns

Parietal lobes

2.820 (0.155)

2.930 (0.194)

0.005

*

Temporal lobes

2.233 (0.145)

2.338 (0.151)

0.002

*

Occipital lobes

2.355 (0.167)

2.454 (0.179)

0.018

Ns

  1. Comparison of groups performed with multivariate general linear models, with PMA included as a covariate. For regional comparisons, p = 0.0125 used as a Bonferroni correction threshold, with *representing significance and Ns = not significant.
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