Table 2

MRI regional volumes by TES status

TES vs non-TESTES+E vs non-TESTES+ME vs non-TES
Estimate (95% CI)P valueEstimate (95% CI)P valueEstimate (95% CI)P value
Thalamus366 (−613 to −120)0.004−252 (−527 to 22)0.072−553 (−874 to −233)0.0008
Putamen−120 (−317 to 77)0.23057 (−156 to 269)0.598−410 (−658 to −163)0.0013
Hippocampus−235 (−388 to −82)0.003−97 (−262 to 68)0.245−460 (−652 to −268)<0.0001
Lateral ventricle2706 (311 to 5102)0.027230 (−2313 to 2772)0.8596778 (3817 to 9740)<0.0001
Inferior lateral ventricle161 (−16 to 339)0.075−56 (−240 to 127)0.547519 (305 to 733)<0.0001
CC_posterior−89 (−161 to −16)0.017−50 (−131 to 31)0.225−152 (−246 to −58)0.0017
CC_mid posterior−54 (−104 to −4)0.035−56 (−113 to 0)0.051−50 (−116 to 16)0.1355
Left cerebral white matter−8176 (−14 775 to −1576)0.016−4170 (−11 469 to 3129)0.261−14 763 (−23 264 to −6263)0.0008
Right cerebral white matter−8700 (−15 054 to −2346)0.008−5002 (−12 041 to 2037)0.162−14 782 (−22 980 to −6583)0.0005
Cerebral white matter−16 876 (−29 750 to −4003)0.011−9172 (−23 418 to 5074)0.205−29 545 (−46 137 to −12 953)0.0006
Subcortical grey2390 (−3916 to −865)0.002−1020 (−2665 to 625)0.222−4644 (−6559 to −2728)<0.0001
Total grey−15 531 (−27 808 to −3254)0.014−7881 (−21 444 to 5682)0.253−28 110 (7987)0.0006
  • Volumes of the thalamus, putamen and hippocampus represent average of both hemispheres (in cubic mm). TES+E = TES with executive impairment, TES+ME = TES with both memory and executive impairment.

  • CC, corpus callosum; TES, traumatic encephalopathy syndrome.