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Published in final edited form as: Occup Environ Med. 2012 Mar 23;69(6):437–443. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100119

Table 4.

ADC measurements in welders and normal controls

	Normal control (n=18)	Welders (n=18)	p Value^*
Globus pallidus, median ADC^† (IQR)	0.7202 (0.6798–0.7576)	0.6844 (0.6452–0.7191)	0.03^‡
Caudate, median ADC (IQR)	0.7216 (0.7130–0.7356)	0.7176 (0.7049–0.7406)	0.29
Anterior putamen, median ADC (IQR)	0.7041 (0.6977–0.7138)	0.6862 (0.6788–0.7000)	0.004^‡
Posterior putamen, median ADC (IQR)	0.7258 (0.7091–0.7333)	0.7088 (0.6821–0.7295)	0.24

Mann–Whitney U test compared welders to normal controls.

^†

ADC values are ×10⁻³ mm²/s.

^‡

Indicates significance at the p≤0.05 level.

ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient.