Table 2 Voxel tissue composition of grey matter, white matter and CSF

From: Reduced subcortical glutamate/glutamine in adults with autism spectrum disorders: a [1H]MRS study

        

ANOVA

Region

Measure

Narrow ASD

s.d.

 

s.d.

Control

s.d.

F

P-value

Basal ganglia

Grey matter

62.20%

12.94%

64.99%

6.01%

54.31%

16.49%

2.65

0.084

 

White matter

35.68%

13.07%

33.04%

5.12%

43.84%

17.13%

2.73

0.078

 

CSF

2.09%

1.45%

1.92%

1.57%

1.82%

1.66%

0.16

0.849

DLPFC

Grey matter

45.35%

14.48%

45.32%

14.01%

2.17%

14.37%

0.38

0.685

 

White matter

48.79%

17.57%

49.37%

16.70%

54.06%

17.34%

0.68

0.685

 

CSF

5.67%

4.03%

5.07%

3.39%

4.03%

3.58%

0.76

0.476

Parietal lobe

Grey matter

44.47%

7.94%

47.61%

7.62%

44.89%

6.33%

1.03

0.366

 

White matter

35.16%

14.10%

34.47%

11.98%

38.39%

11.43%

0.35

0.706

 

CSF

19.34%

14.28%

15.75%

6.86%

16.09%

7.56%

0.48

0.625

  1. Abbreviations: ANOVA, analysis of variance; ASD, autism spectrum disorder; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; DLPFC, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.