Increased Brain Iron Deposition in the Putamen in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Detected by Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping
Table 4
Susceptibility value differences between the left and right in gray matter nuclei.
Variables
Mean and standard deviation
Standard error
95% confidence interval
t
Lower limit
Upper limit
Thalamus (left-right)
2.23
-5.41
3.49
-0.431
0.668
Pallidum (left-right)
2.69
-7.48
3.27
-0.782
0.437
Putamen (left-right)
2.72
-5.52
5.34
-0.034
0.973
Caudate nucleus (left-right)
6.90
-18.60
8.98
-0.697
0.488
Red nucleus (left-right)
3.61
-10.60
3.83
-0.937
0.352
Substantia nigra (left-right)
3.37
-4.00
9.46
0.809
0.421
Dentate nucleus (left-right)
2.41
0.41
10.05
2.170
0.034
Left-right: the susceptibility value in the left region after subtracting the susceptibility value in the right region.Bonferroni correction, the new significance level was .
