Table 2 Estimated marginal effects comparing preterm- and term-born infant volumes and T1w/T2w ratio values in the longitudinal sample

From: Early life stress impairs hippocampal subfield myelination

Measure

Comparison

Subfield

Estimate

t(df)

p

95% CI

Volumes

Term–term equivalent

Subiculum

−9.89

−1.33 (60.8)

0.386

(−27.8, 8.0)

CA1

−19.2

−2.02 (63.2)

0.117

(−42.0, 3.7)

CA2

−3.06

−0.95 (68.6)

0.611

(−10.8, 4.67)

CA3

−0.82

−0.10 (56.7)

0.994

(−20.2, 18.5)

CA4/DG

6.65

1.31 (60.7)

0.398

(−5.6, 18.9)

Term–preterm

Subiculum

60.98

8.18 (60.8)

< 0.001

(43.1, 78.9)

CA1

67.3

7.07 (63.2)

< 0.001

(44.4, 90.1)

CA2

13.86

4.28 (69.3)

< 0.001

(6.1, 21.6)

CA3

52.13

6.50 (56.3)

< 0.001

(32.8, 71.4)

CA4/DG

46.37

9.10 (60.7)

< 0.001

(34.1, 58.6)

Term equivalent–preterm

Subiculum

70.87

14.93 (96.2)

< 0.001

(59.2, 82.5)

CA1

86.4

13.03 (96.5)

< 0.001

(70.6, 102.2)

CA2

16.92

6.75 (95.7)

< 0.001

(11.0, 22.9)

CA3

52.95

11.63 (93.9)

< 0.001

(42.1, 63.8)

CA4/DG

39.72

11.91 (96.2)

< 0.001

(31.8, 47.7)

T1w/T2w ratio

Term–term equivalent

Subiculum

0.13

4.20 (57.0)

< 0.001

(0.05, 0.20)

CA1

0.17

5.65 (56.6)

< 0.001

(0.10, 0.24)

CA2

0.23

4.67 (56.5)

< 0.001

(0.11, 0.34)

CA3

0.11

3.16 (59.4)

0.007

(0.03, 0.19)

CA4/DG

0.10

3.48 (57.5)

0.003

(0.03, 0.18)

Term–preterm

Subiculum

0.31

10.46 (57.0)

< 0.001

(0.24, 0.39)

CA1

0.31

10.29 (56.2)

< 0.001

(0.24, 0.38)

CA2

0.35

7.35 (56.0)

< 0.001

(0.24, 0.47)

CA3

0.29

8.27 (58.4)

< 0.001

(0.20, 0.37)

CA4/DG

0.29

9.58 (57.5)

< 0.001

(0.21, 0.36)

Term equivalent–preterm

Subiculum

0.19

10.82 (95.8)

< 0.001

(0.15, 0.23)

CA1

0.14

8.15 (94.8)

< 0.001

(0.10, 0.18)

CA2

0.13

4.75 (93.9)

< 0.001

(0.06, 0.19)

CA3

0.18

8.13 (94.3)

< 0.001

(0.12, 0.23)

CA4/DG

0.18

10.32 (95.8)

< 0.001

(0.14, 0.23)

  1. CA cornu ammonis, DG dentate gyrus.