Table 1:

Parameter values (millisecond, mean ± SD) for room air-breathing (normoxia) and O2 ventilation (hyperoxia) for both the young and the elderly groupsa

Raw Parameter ValuesNormoxiaHyperoxia
YoungElderlyP Value, Young∼OldYoungElderlyP Value, Young∼Old
T2′ Cortex142.5 ± 9.2124.5 ± 11.6P < .001b138.7 ± 12.2121.7 ± 9.8P < .001b
T2′ GM frontoparietal126.9 ± 8.4101 ± 11.3P < .001b124.9 ± 11.4103.2 ± 8.6P < .001b
T2′ Thal116 ± 13.4111.6 ± 12.4P = .423116.5 ± 9.7111.4 ± 13.1P = .477
T2′ WM116.3 ± 5.7103.8 ± 9.4P < .001b117.7 ± 5.8104.9 ± 5.9P < .001b
T2* Cortex63.2 ± 2.560.8 ± 3.7P = .07462 ± 2.460.1 ± 2.8P = .07
T2* GM frontoparietal59.1 ± 1.757.1 ± 2.8P = .037b58.7 ± 2.257.4 ± 2.4P = .158
T2* Thal50.2 ± 2.551.4 ± 3.9P = .40350.3 ± 2.151.6 ± 4.6P = .255
T2* WM51.5 ± 1.251.1 ± 2.5P = .68351.8 ± 0.951.2 ± 2.1P = .182
T2 Cortex121.5 ± 7.8130.6 ± 13.5P = .063120.7 ± 6.9134.7 ± 14.1P = .002b
T2 GM frontoparietal106.6 ± 6.8113.9 ± 13.4P = .063105.9 ± 8.4123.5 ± 15.5P = .001b
T2 Thal91.8 ± 2.3100.3 ± 9.5P < .001b92 ± 2.598.4 ± 7.2P = .005b
T2 WM93.4 ± 1.7101 ± 5.1P < .001b93.7 ± 2102.6 ± 4.9P < .001b
PASL61.5 ± 9.943.4 ± 12.1P < .001b56.2 ± 8.541.9 ± 12.6P = .001b
  • Note:—Thal indicates thalamus; Cortex, frontoparietal paramedian.

  • a “Cortex” is defined as the manual ROI, “GM frontoparietal” as the automated ROI, “WM” as the automated whole supratentorial white matter, and “Thal” as the manual thalamic ROI (Fig 1).

  • b Significant.