Table 5.
Differences in Fiber Networks for the Whole Brain, Left, and Right Hemispheres Between Controls (CTL) and Alzheimer's Disease Subjects
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Network measures |
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| CTL vs. AD(p-values) | NOD | λ | EFF | γ | SW |
| WB | 3.86E-05 | 3.86E-05 | 4.02E-05 | 0.0038 | 9.06E-06 |
| LH | 2.91E-04 | 2.89E-04 | 3.08E-04 | NS | 2.99E-03 |
| RH | 1.51E-04 | 1.47E-04 | 1.85E-04 | NS | 9.03E-04 |
p-Values are shown, based on fitting a random effects model to the network measures (degree, normalized characteristic path length, efficiency, normalized clustering coefficient and normalized small-world) applied on the k-core (k=18) to test for diagnostic group differences between controls and AD subjects in the whole brain, left hemisphere, and then separately in the right hemisphere (with controls coded as 0 and AD subjects coded as 1). We covaried for age and sex and used acquisition site as a random regression variable.