Table 3:

Mean lesion susceptibility relative to normal-appearing parenchymaa

WM LesionsCortical LesionsMixed Lesions
WM PortionCortical Portion
Relative susceptibility (ppm) (per lesion type)0.014 ± 0.014−0.018 ± 0.0130.014 ± 0.018−0.009 ± 0.012
t testP < 10−22P < 10−7P < .043P < .054
Relative susceptibility (ppm) (per lesion type per subject)0.014 ± 0.010−0.015 ± 0.009
t testP < .0004P < .004
  • a The null hypothesis of the t test is that the mean of relative susceptibility = 0. The significance level is .0083 after correcting multiple comparisons of 6 using the Bonferroni method.