Table 2.
Genetic group means for DTI parameters
| GCC | ATR | UNC | IFO | SCC | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fractional anisotrophy | met/met | 0.46 a,b | 0.44 a | 0.41 | 0.46 | 0.54 | ||
| met/val | 0.45 a | 0.46 a,b | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.57 | |||
| val/val | 0.47 b | 0.47 b | 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.58 | |||
| Axial diffusivity (μm2/ms) | met/met | 1.34 a,b | 1.27 a | 1.23 a,b | 1.29 | 1.51 | ||
| met/val | 1.32 a | 1.25 a | 1.24 a | 1.28 | 1.48 | |||
| val/val | 1.28 b | 1.22 b | 1.2 b | 1.26 | 1.46 | |||
| Radial diffusivity (μm2/ms) | met/met | 0.63 a,b | 0.63 a | 0.64 | 0.60 | 0.59 | ||
| met/val | 0.63 a | 0.60 a | 0.62 | 0.58 | 0.55 | |||
| val/val | 0.59 b | 0.57 b | 0.59 | 0.55 | 0.52 | |||
GCC = genu of the corpus callosum; ATR = anterior thalamic radiation; UNC = uncinate fasciculus; IFO = inferior frontal occipital fasciculus; SCC = splenium of the corpus callosum. Multivariate analyses of variance conducted on IFO and SCC were not significant at p < .05; consequently, follow-up tests were not conducted for these tracts. Within GCC, ATR, and UNC, for each parameter, values with different subscripts differ significantly at p < .05.