Table 2.
Region-of-interest analysis of FA
| Regional WM Tracts According to John Hopkins University Atlas | Group Dialyzed at 0.5°C below Body Temperature (n=19) | Group Dialyzed at 37°C (n=19) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean FA at Baseline | Mean FA at 1 yr | Significant Voxels (%) | Mean FA at Baseline | Mean FA at 1 yr | Significant Voxels (%) | |
| Anterior thalamic radiation-L | 0.336±0.032 | 0.344±0.043 | 0 | 0.335±0.029 | 0.345±0.029 | 11.1 |
| Anterior thalamic radiation-R | 0.334±0.032 | 0.331±0.043 | 0 | 0.334±0.029 | 0.343±0.030 | 10.2 |
| Corticospinal tract-L | 0.428±0.022 | 0.428±0.033 | 0 | 0.432±0.024 | 0.439±0.022 | 4.4 |
| Corticospinal tract-R | 0.418±0.022 | 0.416±0.031 | 0 | 0.417±0.023 | 0.428±0.018 | 3.8 |
| Cingulate gyrus-L | 0.302±0.022 | 0.301±0.035 | 0 | 0.306±0.025 | 0.314±0.023 | 24.3 |
| Cingulate gyrus-R | 0.299±0.023 | 0.297±0.034 | 0 | 0.305±0.024 | 0.312±0.022 | 1.8 |
| Hippocamups-L | 0.265±0.035 | 0.263±0.038 | 0 | 0.261±0.033 | 0.275±0.032 | 1.8 |
| Hippocamups-R | 0.280±0.037 | 0.279±0.043 | 0 | 0.280±0.033 | 0.292±0.033 | 0 |
| Forceps major | 0.338±0.026 | 0.335±0.036 | 0 | 0.337±0.025 | 0.344±0.022 | 3.9 |
| Forceps minor | 0.316±0.027 | 0.316±0.037 | 0 | 0.315±0.030 | 0.324±0.030 | 25 |
| Inferior fronto-ocipital fasciculus-L | 0.314±0.028 | 0.314±0.038 | 0 | 0.310±0.025 | 0.320±0.024 | 9.5 |
| Inferior fronto-ocipital fasciculus-R | 0.320±0.027 | 0.319±0.038 | 0 | 0.321±0.025 | 0.328±0.024 | 9.7 |
| Inferior longitudinal fasciculus-L | 0.298±0.025 | 0.297±0.032 | 0 | 0.298±0.020 | 0.306±0.021 | 13.2 |
| Inferior longitudinal fasciculus-R | 0.289±0.021 | 0.287±0.031 | 0 | 0.292±0.020 | 0.299±0.020 | 0 |
| Superior longitudinal fasciculus-L | 0.286±0.022 | 0.284±0.031 | 0 | 0.288±0.018 | 0.297±0.018 | 26.6 |
| Superior longitudinal fasciculus-R | 0.272±0.019 | 0.270±0.027 | 0 | 0.273±0.017 | 0.282±0.013 | 6.9 |
| Ucinate fasciculus-L | 0.306±0.029 | 0.307±0.040 | 0 | 0.301±0.025 | 0.309±0.026 | 3.2 |
| Ucinate fasciculus-R | 0.303±0.026 | 0.305±0.039 | 0 | 0.305±0.025 | 0.314±0.027 | 5.1 |
| Superior longitudinal fasciculus-L (temporal part) | 0.314±0.031 | 0.312±0.037 | 0 | 0.318±0.022 | 0.321±0.024 | 21.6 |
| Superior longitudinal fasciculus-R (temporal part) | 0.357±0.028 | 0.354±0.037 | 0 | 0.350±0.024 | 0.354±0.021 | 0.9 |
Region-of-interest analysis using John Hopkins University WM labels atlas showing the changes in means of FA at baseline and 1 year of each region stratified by treatment group; percentages of the statistically significant voxels in each region are also presented. L, left; R, right.