Table 2 Impact of brain injury on cerebral blood flow in rois of preterm Infants.

From: The impact of different types of brain injuries on cerebral perfusion in preterm infants: an arterial spin labeling

ROIs (mL/100 g/min)

HP hemispheres(n = 216)

IVH hemispheres (n = 40)

PVL hemispheres(n = 20)

Adjusted P-value1

Adjusted P-value2

Adjusted P-value3

Frontal Cortex

24.55 (21.23, 29.00)

22.80 (18.85, 24.55)

19.05 (16.25, 22.53)

0.004

< 0.001

0.046

Temporal Cortex

23.30 (19.73, 26.75)

23.00 (18.80, 25.40)

17.55 (14.63, 20.30)

0.076

< 0.001

0.002

Parietal Cortex

24.50 (19.93, 28.48)

21.80 (18.25, 25.10)

20.30 (13.65, 23.20)

0.004

0.001

0.291

Occipital Cortex

26.10 (22.28, 30.78)

23.10 (20.80, 24.95)

23.45 (16.70, 25.88)

0.004

0.026

0.996

Basal Ganglia

34.60 (29.43, 39.58)

32.50 (29.20, 34.70)

25.21 (22.13, 31.10)

0.014

< 0.001

0.017

Thalamus

41.40 (36.40, 46.85)

37.70 (34.60, 39.85)

35.70 (28.70, 40.32)

0.019

< 0.001

0.081

  1. ROIs, regions of interest; HP, healthy infants; IVH, intracranial hemorrhage; PVL, periventricular leukomalacia. Adjusted P-vable are adjusted for Birth weight, gestational age at birth and postmenstrual age at MRI.
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