Table 4 Pearson correlations comparing growth with brain MRI metrics.

From: Correlation of NICU anthropometry in extremely preterm infants with brain development and language scores at early school age

  

Global brain metrics

Regional brain metrics

eTIV (mm3)

Cortical thickness (left) (mm)

Cortical thickness (right) (mm)

Volume: corpus callosum (mm3)

Volume: cerebellum (left) (mm3)

Volume: cerebellum (right) (mm3)

Volume: temporal (left) (mm3)

Volume: temporal (right) (mm3)

Cortical thickness: temporal (left) (mm)

Cortical thickness: temporal (right) (mm)

Birth

Weight z-score

0.29

 − 0.32

 − 0.35

 − 0.03

 − 0.33*

 − 0.33*

0.06

0.23

 − 0.26

 − 0.23

Length z-score

0.14

 − 0.11

 − 0.13

 − 0.08

 − 0.20

 − 0.21

0.23

0.37

 − 0.08

0.01

HC z-score

0.38

 − 0.36

 − 0.38

0.01

 − 0.21

 − 0.19

 − 0.01

0.14

 − 0.32

 − 0.30

BMI

0.34*

 − 0.39

 − 0.41

0.15

 − 0.28

 − 0.26

 − 0.06

0.08

 − 0.32

 − 0.32

36 Weeks PMA

Weight z-score

0.36

 − 0.39

 − 0.37

 − 0.04

 − 0.34*

 − 0.30

0.13

0.17

 − 0.28

 − 0.27

Length z-score

0.14

 − 0.08

 − 0.07

 − 0.01

 − 0.07

 − 0.12

0.28

0.34*

0.02

0.00

HC z-score

0.45#

 − 0.44

 − 0.41

 − 0.12

 − 0.16

 − 0.18

0.05

0.25

 − 0.35

 − 0.32

BMI

0.29

 − 0.37

 − 0.36

0.01

 − 0.31

 − 0.24

 − 0.07

 − 0.09

 − 0.33*

 − 0.31

Change from birth to 36 weeks PMA

Weight z-score

0.05

 − 0.05

0.00

 − 0.01

0.02

0.05

0.07

 − 0.08

 − 0.01

 − 0.03

Length z-score

0.00

0.03

0.05

0.07

0.11

0.08

0.07

 − 0.01

0.10

0.00

HC z-score

 − 0.03

0.01

0.06

 − 0.12

0.09

0.05

0.06

0.07

0.05

0.05

BMI

0.13

 − 0.19

 − 0.17

 − 0.06

 − 0.18

 − 0.12

 − 0.04

 − 0.12

 − 0.18

 − 0.16

  1. All brain metrics normalized for eTIV.
  2. Statistically significant values with p < 0.05 in bold.
  3. #Denotes p < 0.01.
  4. *Denotes p = 0.05–0.06.