Table 4.
Differences between groups in mean FA from the whole skeletonised brain and the ROIs
| TBI | group | Control | group | t (p values) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| FA global | 0.360 | 0.280 | 0.423 | 0.018 | -7.43 (< 0.001) |
| FA CC | 0.410 | 0.460 | 0.510 | 0.024 | -7.04 (< 0.001) |
| FA SLF | 0.364 | 0.026 | 0.421 | 0.018 | -7.02 (< 0.001) |
| FA ILF | 0.045 | 0.003 | 0.052 | 0.002 | -7.23 (< 0.001) |
| FA IFO | 0.390 | 0.031 | 0.456 | 0.018 | -7.45 (< 0.001) |
| FA fornix | 0.316 | 0.030 | 0.396 | 0.022 | -8.05 (< 0.001) |
| FA cingulum | 0.401 | 0.048 | 0.493 | 0.032 | -6.16 (< 0.001) |
| FA arcuate | 0.373 | 0.027 | 0.430 | 0.018 | -6.05 (< 0.001) |
| FA uncinate | 0.351 | 0.032 | 0.403 | 0.019 | -5.34 (< 0.001) |
TBI: Traumatic Brain Injury; FA: fractional anisotropy; CC: corpus callosum; SLF: superior longitudinal fasciculi; ILF: inferior longitudinal fasciculi; IFO: inferior fronto-occipital fasciculi.