Dear Freesurfer experts,
I have some questions about statistical analyses.
How to adjust for sex and age? I use the precompiled Freesurfer 5.3.0 MacOSX
version, and its tool QDEC to compare cortical thickness between two groups. I
would like to use age and sex as nuisance factors. No problem with the age, but
I don’t see the sex in the list of usable variables if I code it as a
categorical variable (male / female). On the opposite, If I code it as numbers
(male = 1, female = 2) I can use it, but how can I declare that it is a factor
and not a continuous numerical variable? I don’t want that “female” affects the
fitting of the GLM with a value that means “male” * 2.
What about the use of other morphometric properties as nuisance factors? For
example, how could I use sulcality or LGI as nuisance factors? Is it possible
to use more than one scalar simultaneously?
Similarly to question 2, is it possible to use home-made *.mgh scalars as a
nuisance factors? How?
Do the command-line tools allow such analyses better than QDEC? Related to my
questions, which features do they add?
In this field of interest, are there any major advantages coming with
Freesurfer 6.0?
Thanks a lot and best regards
Cico
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