Brain volumetric and white matter structural connectivity alterations in autistic children: case–control study

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 5 Comparing mean volumes of different grey matter areas between TDC and ASD groups

	Mean ± SD		p value
	TDC	ASD	p value
GM volume cm³	670.1 ± 85	809.5 ± 60.2	< 0.001*
GM volume %	61.6 ± 3.4	60 ± 4	0.15
Subcortical GM volume cm³	37.9 ± 4	45.4 ± 3	< 0.001*
Subcortical GM volume %	3.5 ± 0.1	3.4 ± 0.2	0.007
Cortical GM volume cm3	540.5 ± 66.3	660.1 ± 60.7	< 0.001*
Cortical GM volume %	49.7 ± 2.9	48.9 ± 3.8	0.45
Cerebrum GM total volume cm³	578.4 ± 70.2	705.5 ± 60.3	< 0.001*
Cerebrum GM total volume %	53.2 ± 3	52.2 ± 3.9	0.39
Cerebrum GM right volume cm³	288.8 ± 35.1	352.5 ± 31.3	< 0.001*
Cerebrum GM right volume %	26.6 ± 1.5	26.1 ± 2	0.41
Cerebrum GM left volume cm³	289.6 ± 35.1	353 ± 31.1	< 0.001*
Cerebrum GM left volume %	26.6 ± 1.5	26.1 ± 1.9	0.37
Cerebellum GM total volume cm³	92.4 ± 16.2	104 ± 12	0.01*
Cerebellum GM total volume %	8.5 ± 0.8	7.7 ± 1	0.01*
Cerebellum GM right volume cm³	42.7 ± 7.5	47.1 ± 6.8	0.05*
Cerebellum GM right volume %	3.9 ± 0.4	3.5 ± 0.6	0.01*
Cerebellum GM left volume cm³	42.9 ± 8	48.3 ± 5.1	0.02*
Cerebellum GM left volume %	3.9 ± 0.4	3.6 ± 0.4	0.02*