Iron Accumulation Is Not Homogenous among Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Table 2

Average phase value for each brain region after adjustment for age.

Average phase value (average of left and right sides)	Patients	Controls	P value^*
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
CN	2159.96 (13.59)	2159.07 (16.16)	0.885
PUT	2167.04 (19.06)	2172.58 (14.47)	0.432
GP	2202.03 (35.09)	2199.53 (41.45)	0.878
RN	2187.85 (13.18)	2188.70 (15.81)	0.887
SN	2253.34 (36.97)	2238.41 (13.91)	0.222
C-SN	2233.12 (15.32)	2226.35 (9.41)	0.239
THA	2123.16 (5.69)	2123.67 (6.84)	0.844
GM	2181.32 (9.91)	2179.21 (7.35)	0.576
WM	2103.51 (5.15)	2103.44 (5.15)	0.975
DN	2141.10 (9.34)	2144.15 (5.85)	0.387

^*Mann-Whitney test.
CN: caudate nucleus, PUT: putamen, GP: globus pallidus, RN: red nucleus, SN: substantia nigra, C-SN: caudal substantia nigra, THA: thalamus, GM: gray matter, WM: white matter, and DN: dentate nucleus.