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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 28.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2013 Feb 1;211(2):132–140. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.11.001

Table 3.

Correlations in the BDD group between BABS scores and diffusion measures in the ILF, IFOF, and the FM

ILF FA MD cl cp

r P r P r P r P

Bilateral −0.67 0.008* 0.649 0.012* −0.64 0.014* −0.55 0.04
post hoc
Left −0.68 0.006* 0.629 0.016* −0.697 0.0055* −0.33 0.246
Right −0.62 0.017 0.605 0.022 −0.52 0.053 −0.64 0.013*

IFOF FA MD cl cp

r P r P r P r P

Bilateral −0.59 0.025 0.38 0.18 −0.59 0.025 0.036 0.90
post hoc
Left −0.42 0.127 0.269 0.352 −0.43 0.124 0.123 0.675
Right −0.56 0.035 0.422 0.133 −0.55 0.041 −0.094 0.749

FM FA MD cl cp

r P r P r P r P

−0.72 0.003* 0.657 0.011* −0.70 0.005* −0.242 0.399

Abbreviations: BDD = body dysmorphic disorder; BABS = Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale; FA = fractional anisotropy; MD = mean diffusivity; cl = linear anisotropy; cp = planar anisotropy; ILF = inferior longitudinal fasciculus; IFOF = inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus; FM = forceps major

*

Indicates significant P values after Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons