Dear FreeSurfer Experts, I am running an analysis in Qedc that include 2 groups (Control and Heart Failure). I want to see the cortical thickness difference between these 2 groups, with age and gender as a co-variate, not interested in any correlation analysis.
In Qdec, Model factors have three options that include the fixed factor, continuous factor (Co-variate) and Nuisance. So groups (control and heart failure) belongs to fixed factor while age and gender belongs to both continuous factor and Nuisance. When I am running this analysis in Qdec by selecting the model that include only group in the model the contrast vector in the Qdec terminal is 1, -1, and its fine. But when I am selecting the model that includes age and gender as a nuisance, the contrast vector showing 1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0. So my question is why we have two extra 0, 0 in contrast vector, it should be 1 -1 0 0. Another question: When I finished the analysis in Qdec and got the state data tables, that have 18 files, with volume, area, curv and thickness from both sides. I am interested in thickness and its have four files with left and right. lh.aparc.a2009s and lh.aparc, I am not sure what file should i used for the analysis. I believe for left side qdec is using lh.aparc, Is I am right? With Regards, Santosh K. Yadav -- With Best Regards, Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90034 Phone No. 808-5896940
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