Table 1.
Clusters showing significant fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), and axial diffusivity (AD) differences between males and females.
Anatomic Region | Cluster Size (Voxels) |
MNI Coordinates* | Mean Value in Males |
Mean Value in Females |
Effect Size (Cohen’s d)† |
Group Difference |
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x | y | z | ||||||
FA | ||||||||
Corticospinal tract L | 503 | 19 | 18 | 46 | 0.58 | 0.62 | 1.43 | F>M |
Corticospinal tract R | 249 | −19 | 28 | 50 | 0.57 | 0.60 | 1.28 | F>M |
Superior corona radiata R | 185 | −26 | 18 | 34 | 0.47 | 0.49 | 0.91 | F>M |
MD | ||||||||
Inferior longitudinal fasciculus R | 167 | −42 | 34 | −10 | 1.13 | 1.08 | 1.14 | M>F |
Forceps major L | 167 | 15 | 91 | 9 | 1.14 | 1.09 | 1.38 | M>F |
AD | ||||||||
Corticospinal tract L | 352 | 19 | 19 | 47 | 1.74 | 1.84 | 1.20 | F>M |
Corticospinal tract R | 208 | −20 | 29 | 50 | 1.70 | 1.79 | 1.26 | F>M |
Superior longitudinal fasciculus R | 389 | −43 | 7 | 30 | 1.60 | 1.52 | 1.67 | M>F |
Inferior longitudinal fasciculus R | 358 | −41 | 34 | −9 | 1.91 | 1.82 | 1.45 | M>F |
Forceps minor R | 186 | −18 | −33 | 16 | 1.91 | 1.83 | 1.01 | M>F |
Coordinates of the center of mass in clusters with significant gender differences
Effect size from the average t-value for each cluster
L=Left; R=Right; F=Female; M=Male