MR Measurement of the AC and SI thicknesses*
FTLD (n = 7) | AD (n = 20) | Control (n = 16) | P | |
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AC area (mm2), AC thickness† (mm) | 5.45 ± 1.80, 2.23 ± 0.42 | 8.97 ± 1.84, 2.97 ± 0.50 | 12.47 ± 1.42, 3.67 ± 0.48 | <.001†, <.001 |
Average SI thickness (mm) | 2.31 ± 0.17 | 2.17 ± 0.50 | 2.45 ± 0.33 | .147 |
Right SI thickness (mm) | 2.35 ± 0.19 | 2.11 ± 0.53 | 2.50 ± 0.36 | .041‡ |
Left SI thickness (mm) | 2.28 ± 0.19 | 2.25 ± 0.56 | 2.45 ± 0.37 | .419 |
Note:—AC indicates anterior commissure; SI, substantia innominata; FTLD, frontotemporal lobe degeneration; AD, Alzheimer disease.
* Values are mean ± SD.
† P < .01 between FTLD versus AD, FTLD versus control, and AD versus control.
‡ P < .05 between AD versus control.