Volumetric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Brain and Cerebellum in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Table 2

Mean values of the total grey matter volume of brain, brain volume, cerebellum volume, and the widths of the lateral ventricles and third ventricle in children with cerebral palsy () and the control group ().

Variable	Mean	Min.	Max.	SD	value
Total grey matter volume of brain (mm^3)
Cerebral palsy	8,986.31	320.18	1,9458.62	5,283.03	0.028
Control	10,803.78	593.10	1,8954.58	5,492.06
Total brain volume (mm^3)
Cerebral palsy	1,1943.38	1,911.83	2,1612.53	5,649.39	<0.001
Control	14,800.77	3,314.16	2,3411.76	5,611.59
Total cerebellum volume (mm^3)
Cerebral palsy	919.65	554.37	1,721.19	214.10	<0.001
Control	1,426.54	748.51	2,506.12	349.84
The lateral ventricles width (mm)
Cerebral palsy	37.58	25.93	81,31	9.29	<0.001
Control	33.68	28.29	40,51	2.41
Third-ventricle width (mm)
Cerebral palsy	5.26	1.78	17.46	3.25	<0.001
Control	2.59	1.52	5.97	0.93

Wilcoxon signed-rank test.