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. 2014 Dec 3;39(8):600–637. doi: 10.1080/87565641.2014.973958

TABLE 2 .

Cohen’s d Effect Sizes Comparing the FA Values of the TBI and Control Groups in the Early Post-Injury Interval (1–4 Weeks) (Rank-Ordered by Effect Size)

            95% CIs
        
Brain Region Nstudies NTBI Ncontrol Mean dw dw SE Lower Limit Upper Limit Nfs %OL Q Study References
Composite whole brain 2 22 20 1.61# 0.36 0.89 2.33 11 12 3.75NS Chu et al., 2010; Virji-Babul et al., 2013
Total Corpus Callosum 1 10 10 1.42#   0.03 2.80 6 31   Wilde et al., 2008
Left Anterior Corona Radiata 2 28 26 1.15# 0.29 0.57 1.73 9 39 0.44NS Borich et al., 2013; Mayer et al., 2012
Cerebral Peduncle 1 16 16 1.13#   0.08 2.19 4 40   Mayer et al., 2012
Fornix 2 23 21 1.12# 0.32 0.48 1.76 9 39 0.54NS Borich et al., 2013; Yallampalli et al., 2010
Right Anterior Corona Radiata 2 28 26 1.04# 0.29 0.47 1.61 8 43 0.12NS Borich et al., 2013; Mayer et al., 2012
Superior Corona Radiata 1 16 16 1.01#   −0.03 2.05 4 44   Mayer et al., 2012
Left Cingulum Bundle 1 12 11 1.00#   0.13 1.87 4 44   Wu et al., 2010b
Right Anterior thalamic radiation 1 12 10 .91#   0.02 1.78 3 48   Borich et al., 2013
Right forceps minor 1 12 10 .90#   0.02 1.78 3 48   Borich et al., 2013
Left anterior thalamic radiation 1 12 10 .89#   0.01 1.77 3 48   Borich et al., 2013
Right Inferior longitudinal fasciculus 1 12 10 .89#   0.01 1.77 3 48   Borich et al., 2013
Right Inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus 1 12 10 .89#   0.01 1.77 3 48   Borich et al., 2013
Left Inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus 1 12 10 .89#   0.01 1.77 3 48   Borich et al., 2013
Subcallosal cortex 1 12 10 .89#   0.01 1.77 3 48   Borich et al., 2013
Right thalamus 1 12 10 .89#   0.01 1.77 3 48   Borich et al., 2013
Left White Matter 1 16 16 .85#   0.18 1.87 3 50   Mayer et al., 2012
Right Cingulum Bundle 1 12 11 .79   −0.06 1.64 3 53   Wu et al., 2010b

Note. #indicates moderate or large and significant effect, with adequate Nfs; Nstudies = Total number of studies included in analysis, NTBI = total number of participants in traumatic brain injury (TBI) group, Ncontrol = total number of Control participants, mean dw = mean weighted effect size, SE = standard error, 95% CIs = 95% confidence intervals, Nfs = Fail safe N,%OL = percentage overlap between the distribution of scores for the TBI and Control groups, NS = nonsignificant. A significant Q indicates a heterogeneous distribution. Where Q statistics were sig, as indicated by *, a random-effects model was used to calculate d. FA = fractional anisotropy.