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Table 2 Between-group comparison of QSM controlled for age

From: Investigation of brain iron in anorexia nervosa, a quantitative susceptibility mapping study

QSM

Mean (SD) QSM, ppb

Three-way ANCOVA

c-AN versus control post-hoc

wr-AN versus control post-hoc

c-AN versus wr-AN post-hoc

ROIs

c-AN

wr-AN

Control

p

p

Effect size (ηp2)

p

Effect size (ηp2)

p

Effect size (ηp2)

Left putamen

17.6 (7.1)

14.3 (6.4)

17.5 (5.5)

0.24

0.89

0.00

0.19

0.06

0.16

0.06

Right putamen

17.1 (5.5)

14 (5.1)

16 (5.4)

0.24

0.43

0.02

0.36

0.03

0.11

0.08

Left caudate

22.8 (5.9)

21.1 (6)

21.3 (5.2)

0.62

0.36

0.02

0.92

0.00

0.46

0.02

Right caudate

22.6 (6.2)

21.1 (5.7)

21.7 (5.2)

0.77

0.60

0.01

0.88

0.00

0.51

0.01

Left NAc

5.7 (4.8)

7.6 (3.7)

5.7 (4.9)

0.36

0.97

0.00

0.20

0.06

0.19

0.05

Right NAc

9.8 (6.7)

9.3 (3.1)

8.1 (6.7)

0.69

0.45

0.02

0.55

0.01

0.74

0.00

Left thalamus

2.2 (2.4)

1.5 (2.5)

1 (2.3)

0.27

0.11

0.07

0.43

0.02

0.47

0.02

Right thalamus

0.4 (2.6)

1.6 (1.7)

1.2 (2.8)

0.22

0.33

0.03

0.49

0.01

0.05

0.11

Left hippocampus

− 3.5 (3.1)

− 2.4 (2.2)

− 2.9 (1.7)

0.43

0.42

0.02

0.56

0.01

0.23

0.04

Right hippocampus

− 3.1 (2.4)

− 2.4 (2.4)

− 2.4 (2.7)

0.60

0.35

0.03

0.86

0.00

0.47

0.02

Left amygdala

− 9.2 (3.1)

− 9.3 (3.2)

− 9 (3)

0.97

0.83

0.00

0.83

0.00

0.99

0.00

Right amygdala

− 8.2 (3.1)

− 8.2 (3.7)

− 8.2 (3.6)

1.00

0.99

0.00

0.96

0.00

0.94

0.00

  1. ηp2 = partial eta squared, NAc = nucleus accumbens