Altered structural brain networks at term-equivalent age in preterm infants with grade 1 intraventricular hemorrhage

Table 4 Mean network value in preterm infants with IVH, preterm infants without IVH, and full term infants

Variable	Preterm with GMH (n = 13)	Preterm without GMH (n = 42)	Full-term (n = 24)	Adjusted P^a (preterm without GMH vs. term)	Adjusted P ^a (with vs. without GMH)
Bi Clustering coef.	0.572 ± 0.023	0.562 ± 0.028	0.557 ± 0.037	0.921	0.375
Bi Local eff.	0.769 ± 0.021	0.762 ± 0.024	0.755 ± 0.028	0.630	0.486
Bi cPL	1.910 ± 0.101	1.893 ± 0.708	1.870 ± 0.064	0.414	0.507
Bi Global eff.	0.599 ± 0.026	0.603 ± 0.019	0.609 ± 0.018	0.423	0.474
Bi Small-worldness	1.531 ± 0.166	1.488 ± 0.139	1.456 ± 0.104	0.718	0.748
wFA Clustering coef.	0.093 ± 0.015	0.088 ± 0.007	0.094 ± 0.007	0.375	0.027
wFA Local eff.	0.151 ± 0.022	0.141 ± 0.010	0.152 ± 0.014	0.486	0.025
wFA cPL	0.291 ± 0.035	0.275 ± 0.019	0.296 ± 0.038	0.507	0.020
wFA Global eff.	3.998 ± 0.473	4.212 ± 0.281	3.926 ± 0.420	0.474	0.048
wFA small-worldness	1.464 ± 0.179	1.391 ± 0.148	1.353 ± 0.099	0.748	0.479

^acontrolling for gestational age, sex, BPD, and age at MRI scan as covariates in preterm infants
Data are the means ± SD or number (%)
Bi Binary; wFA FA weighted; SE standard error; cPL Characteristic path length; GMH germinal matrix hemorrhage; BPD bronchopulmonary dysplasia

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