I would report it. Just using an age regressor is not guaranteed to remove all age effects. This does not invalidate your study, but it should be mentioned.
On 08/09/2017 10:43 PM, Martin Juneja wrote: > Hi, > > I need a general advice from the experts out there. > > I am comparing cortical measures (thickness and volume) between > controls and patients using FreeSurfer. I used 'age' and 'gender' as > covariates (in fsgd file) while calculating group differences. > > I was wondering even if I removed the effects of 'age' and 'gender' > for this comparison, should I perform and report t-test/one way ANOVA > results if there are significant differences in 'age' between the two > groups or there is no need to report 'age' difference results in > manuscript, regardless of being significant or non-significant. > > Thanks. > > > _______________________________________________ > Freesurfer mailing list > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer -- Douglas N. Greve, Ph.D. MGH-NMR Center gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Phone Number: 617-724-2358 Fax: 617-726-7422 Bugs: surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/BugReporting FileDrop: https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/filedrop2 www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/facility/filedrop/index.html Outgoing: ftp://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/transfer/outgoing/flat/greve/ _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail.
