Table 4:

Observed SDs of the relative changes in BPF at baseline and at 1, 2, and 4 years after inclusiona

Baseline (%)1 Year (%)2 Years (%)4 Years (%)
Uncorrected0.5080.5260.4540.687
Corr. for brain R10.362 (28.8%)0.506 (3.7%)0.327 (28.1%)0.599 (12.8%)
Corr. for brain PD0.385 (24.2%)0.500 (4.9%)0.303 (33.3%)0.567 (17.4%)
Corr. for GM R20.506 (0.4%)0.465 (11.5%)0.297 (34.7%)0.561 (16.2%)
Corr. for GM PD0.481 (5.3%)0.539 (−2.4%)0.398 (12.5%)0.673 (1.9%)
Corr. for WM R10.343 (32.6%)0.463 (12.0%)0.349 (23.2%)0.568 (17.3%)
Corr. for WM PD0.399 (21.5%)0.474 (9.8%)0.326 (28.3%)0.492 (28.3%)
  • Note:—Corr. indicates corrected.

  • a When BPF is corrected for average R1, R2, or PD values for brain, GM, or WM, the SDs of the observations decrease. The percentage reduction is given in parentheses. Corrections were only included when a high significance was found in Table 2.