marginally significantp = 0.060
Core body temperature showed a significant negative correlation with whole-brain GMV (r = −0.496, p = 0.009; 95% CI = −0.737 to −0.143) and a marginally significant partial correlation after controlling for demographic, physiological, and environmental covariates (r = −0.373, p = 0.060; 95% CI = −0.660 to 0.008).