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Table 3 Pairwise effect sizes for total and regional brain volumes between groups

From: An exploratory fetal MRI study examining the impact of 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome on early brain growth

Region

Pair-wise group comparison

22qDS vs. cardiac

22qDS vs. control

Cardiac vs. control

Total Brain Tissue

U = 46, p = 0.86

DCohen = 0.098

U = 28, p = 0.26

DCohen = 0.56*

U = 64, p = 0.32

DCohen = 0.41

Cortical grey matter

U = 55, p = 0.69

DCohen = 0.20

U = 44, p = 0.90

DCohen = 0.078

U = 72, p = 0.54

DCohen = 0.24

White matter

U = 26, p = 0.09

DCohen = 0.81^

U = 16, p = 0.03

DCohen = 1.2^

U = 50, p = 0.09

DCohen = 0.73*

Deep grey matter

U = 67, p = 0.20

DCohen = 0.61*

U = 54, p = 0.34

DCohen = 0.48

U = 84, p = 0.99

DCohen = 0.00

Cerebellum

U = 59, p = 0.49

DCohen = 0.33

U = 51, p = 0.48

DCohen = 0.35

U = 84, p = 0.99

DCohen = 0.00

Cerebrospinal fluid

U = 68, p = 0.17

DCohen = 0.65*

U = 60, p = 0.14

DCohen = 0.75*

U = 78, p = 0.76

DCohen = 0.12

Intracranial volume

U = 56, p = 0.64

DCohen = 0.23

U = 41, p = 0.97

DCohen = 0.039

U = 66, p = 0.37

DCohen = 0.12

  1. Pairwise comparison performed using Mann-Whitney U-Test. Cohen’s D (DCohen) effect sizes were categorised as small (0.2 ≤ d < 0.5), medium (0.5 ≤ d < 0.8), and large (d ≥ 0.8)
  2. ^ indicates large effect sizes between groups. * indicates medium effect sizes between groups