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ArticleBMC medical research methodology2022

Group-level comparison of brain connectivity networks.

Fatemeh Pourmotahari, Hassan Doosti, Nasrin Borumandnia, Seyyed Mohammad Tabatabaei, Hamid Alavi Majd

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Fatemeh PourmotahariDepartment of Biostatistics, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hassan DoostiDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Macquarie University, Macquarie, Australia.
Nasrin BorumandniaUrology and Nephrology Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Seyyed Mohammad TabatabaeiDepartment of Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Hamid Alavi MajdDepartment of Biostatistics, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. alavimajd@gmail.com.

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Abstract

backgroundFunctional connectivity (FC) studies are often performed to discern different patterns of brain connectivity networks between healthy and patient groups. Since many neuropsychiatric disorders are related to the change in these patterns, accurate modelling of FC data can provide useful information about disease pathologies. However, analysing functional connectivity data faces several challenges, including the correlations of the connectivity edges associated with network topological characteristics, the large number of parameters in the covariance matrix, and taking into account the heterogeneity across subjects.

methodsThis study provides a new statistical approach to compare the FC networks between subgroups that consider the network topological structure of brain regions and subject heterogeneity.

resultsThe power based on the heterogeneity structure of identity scaled in a sample size of 25 exhibited values greater than 0.90 without influencing the degree of correlation, heterogeneity, and the number of regions. This index had values above 0.80 in the small sample size and high correlation. In most scenarios, the type I error was close to 0.05. Moreover, the application of this model on real data related to autism was also investigated, which indicated no significant difference in FC networks between healthy and patient individuals.

conclusionsThe results from simulation data indicated that the proposed model has high power and near-nominal type I error rates in most scenarios.

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BrainMagnetic Resonance ImagingComputer SimulationHumansConnectivityfMRIStatistical powerSubject heterogeneityType I error rate

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