The Plasticity of Brain Gray Matter and White Matter following Lower Limb Amputation

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the participants.

	Patients	HC	value
Age (years)	37.5 ± 13.5 (18–60)	37.0 ± 12.7 (19–60)	0.91
Male : female	13 : 4	13 : 5	0.54
Education level (years)	9.5 ± 2.7 (6–15)	9.6 ± 3.3 (5–16)	0.94
Age at amputation (years)	32.9 ± 12.6 (18–59)	—	—
Time since amputation (months)	71.4 ± 102.4 (7–336)	—	—
MMSE score	28.0 ± 1.4 (27–30)	28.4 ± 1.2 (27–30)	0.37

The data were presented as mean ± SD (range). HC, healthy controls; MMSE, Mini-Mental Status Examination.