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Table 3 Comparison between normal and abnormal groups regarding volumetric measures.

From: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) volumetry in children with nonlesional epilepsy, does it help?

Items

Abnormal volume group (n = 40) (mean ± SD)

Normal volume group (n = 20) (mean ± SD)

P value

Brain volume

1151.84 ± 160.27

1206.63 ± 157.77

0.38

Grey matter volume

934.04 ± 118.12

788.57 ± 57.71

0.001*

White matter volume

217.79 ± 65.22

418.07 ± 103.76

< 0.0001*

Hippocampus volume

 Total hippocampus volume

5.42 ± 1.50

5.94 ± 0.79

0.23

 Right hippocampus volume

2.69 ± 0.79

3.07 ± 0.38

0.09

 Left hippocampus volume

2.74 ± 0.77

2.85 ± 0.45

0.68

 Right hippocampus CA1-3 volume

1.71 ± 0.54

1.88 ± 0.26

0.36

 Left hippocampus CA1-3 volume

1.68 ± 0.48

1.67 ± 0.29

0.94

 Right hippocampus CA4-DG volume

0.095 ± 0.04

0.32 ± 0.36

< 0.0001*

 Left hippocampus CA4-DG volume

0.26 ± 0.11

0.31 ± 0.45

0.16

 Right hippocampus subiculum volume

0.42 ± 0.11

0.84 ± 0.09

< 0.0001*

 Left hippocampus subiculum volume

0.78 ± 0.23

0.87 ± 0.17

0.24

Thalamus volume

 Thalamus volume

10.235 ± 3.22

11.82 ± 0.75

0.048*

 Right thalamus volume

5.01 ± 1.62

5.91 ± 0.39

0.028*

 Left thalamus volume

5.28 ± 1.55

5.91 ± 0.37

0.096