Table 5.

Volumes of total brain and subcortical ROIs in marijuana users (MJ) and healthy controls (CON)

ControlsMJVariance accounted for by ICVVariance accounted for by sexVariance accounted for by group
MeanSDMeanSDFpFpFp
Total ICV1460962.45186411.891429117.14191802.1812.89**0.37NS
Total brain1228316.23107399.901207892.96107013.8137.75***5.61*0.12NS
Total gray652429.3358089.89643401.9858569.3528.87***5.39*1.03NS
Total white575886.956070.39564490.9853863.3425.21***2.91NS0.10NS
R accumbens675.4100.22709.4103.80.05NS0.12NS1.35NS
R amygdala1713.2222.241764.75222.819.49**1.75NS1.47NS
R caudate3980.15432.733936.7393.263.04NS2.22NS0.03NS
R putamen5790.8610.465811.65605.851.14NS3.39NS0.05NS
R thalamus7737.451053.867496.61065.2512.06**0.49NS0.45NS
R hippocampus4325.05443.614340.5440.413.47**1.58NS0.27NS
L accumbens541.3588.87607.9586.240.28NS0.01NS4.66*
L amygdala1698.45323.561711.35323.031.19NS10.76**0.09NS
L caudate3989.55372.123863.45358.74.07*3.10NS0.85NS
L putamen6204.25620.056171.9622.582.36NS3.58NS0.00NS
L thalamus7698.95950.397471.8950.784.77*0.43NS0.51NS
L hippocampus4231.7379.524209.2380.757.36*0.96NS0.00NS
  • Total brain is composed of gray matter + white matter + intraventricular CSF. All volumes are reported in cubic millimeters. All structures were entered into a univariate general linear model to examine how ICV, sex, and group (MJ or CON) affected variance of volumes of structures.

  • *p < 0.05;

  • **p < 0.01;

  • ***p < 0.001, uncorrected for multiple comparisons.