Table 2.

Correlation between lower cord area and altered diffusion-tensor imaging metrics in spinal cord injury subjects

	FA right pyramids	FA left pyramids	FA right int. capsule	FA left M1 hand	AD right cer. peduncle	RD right pyramid	RD right cer. peduncle
Cord area	R=0.484	R=0.462	R=0.118	R=0.375	R=0.197	R=0.355	R=0.718
	p=0.290	p=0.271	p=0.906	p=0.369	p=0.640	p=0.406	p=0.029
Disease duration	R=0.458	R=0.604	R=0.084	R=0.049	R=0.391	R=0.186	R=0.263
	p=0.215	p=0.085	p=0.829	p=0.901	p=0.298	p=0.632	p=0.494

AD, Axial diffusivity; cer, cerebral; FA, Fractional anisotropy; int, internal; RD, Radial diffusivity; R, Pearson's correlation.