Table 3. Relationship between FA values and remission in multivariate models.
Regional FA value | Estimate | SE | Test Result (Z-score) | p value |
SFG, left | 0.0099 | 0.0036 | 2.72 | 0.0064 |
SFG, right | 0.0068 | 0.0030 | 2.25 | 0.0244 |
MFG, left | 0.0007 | 0.0032 | 0.20 | 0.8405 |
MFG, right | 0.0050 | 0.0043 | 1.16 | 0.2476 |
ACC, left | 0.0079 | 0.0036 | 2.18 | 0.0290 |
ACC, right | 0.0088 | 0.0036 | 2.42 | 0.0156 |
CC, genu | 0.0035 | 0.0028 | 1.26 | 0.2080 |
FA = fractional anisotropy; SFG = superior frontal gyrus; MFG = middle frontal gyrus; ACC = anterior cingulate cortex; CC = corpus callosum. Models examined remission of depression as the dependent variable, with FA, age, sex, baseline depression severity and medical comorbidity as independent variables.