Table 4.

Pearson correlations between gray matter regions from the meta-analysis and behavioral measures across all 293 cases

Word attackWord identificationPassage comprehensionVerbal comprehension
Left Orbitofrontal Cortex (resid)0.17**0.17**0.20***0.11
Confidence Intervals0.05–0.290.05–0.280.07–0.320.01–0.21
Left Superior Temporal Sulcus (resid)0.16*0.17**0.19**0.10
Confidence Intervals0.03–0.270.06–0.280.08–0.300.00–0.21
Right Cerebellar Hemisphere (resid)0.15*0.110.17**0.16**
Confidence Intervals0.02–0.27−0.01 to 0.240.04–0.290.05–0.27
Total Gray Matter (resid)0.20***0.19***0.23***0.21***
Confidence Intervals0.07–0.320.06–0.310.11–0.340.10–0.32
  • Shaded cells indicate correlations that survive Bonferroni correction for the number of ROI and behavior correlations (0.05/12, p < 0.004); (resid) gray matter volume residualized for site, gender, age, and age2.

  • *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.