Table 4.

Corrected trace values of each time point and the difference between term- and preterm-born groups. Results are sorted by the group effect from lower to higher p value.

		Corrected trace; mean (range)			Group effect (p)	Pairwise comparison (p)
		Time Point 1	Time Point 2	Time Point 3		Time Point 1	Time Point 2	Time Point 3
BCC	term	0.00428 (0.00391–0.00461)	0.00421 (0.00374–0.00462)	0.00410 (0.00374–0.00469)	0.009	1.90 × 10−4	3.05 × 10−4	2.88 ×10−3
	preterm	0.00460 (0.00407–0.00522)	0.00445 (0.00389–0.00505)	0.00427 (0.00358–0.00515)
Lt.ILF	term	0.00403 (0.00389–0.00415)	0.00372 (0.00342–0.00395)	0.00353 (0.00333–0.00373)	0.010	2.26 × 10−3	6.55 × 10−4	1.33 ×10−3
	preterm	0.00419 (0.00371–0.00463)	0.00388 (0.00346–0.00428)	0.00362 (0.00339–0.00415)
Lt.V1-MT	term	0.00393 (0.00365–0.00431)	0.00367 (0.00345–0.00402)	0.00340 (0.00307–0.00373)	0.031	3.82 × 10−4	1.34 × 10−2	1.30 ×10−2
	preterm	0.00413 (0.00374–0.00472)	0.00379 (0.00355–0.00422)	0.00347 (0.00326–0.00387)
Rt.ILF	term	0.00401 (0.00384–0.00418)	0.00367 (0.00336–0.00384)	0.00341 (0.00319–0.00355)	0.084
	preterm	0.00411 (0.00372–0.00461)	0.00381 (0.00344–0.00431)	0.00351 (0.00331–0.00375)
GCC	term	0.00428 (0.00405–0.00459)	0.00398 (0.00370–0.00427)	0.00378 (0.00347–0.00404)	0.088
	preterm	0.00441 (0.00401–0.00480)	0.00416 (0.00365–0.00471)	0.00388 (0.00351–0.00428)
Lt.V1-V4	term	0.00369 (0.00342–0.00397)	0.00342 (0.00320–0.00371)	0.00319 (0.00301–0.00349)	0.114
	preterm	0.00388 (0.00351–0.00441)	0.00357 (0.00314–0.00400)	0.00328 (0.00302–0.00361)
SCC	term	0.00408 (0.00382–0.00423)	0.00387 (0.00357–0.00407)	0.00364 (0.00341–0.00400)	0.158
	preterm	0.00423 (0.00391–0.00469)	0.00398 (0.00360–0.00428)	0.00373 (0.00340–0.00411)
Rt.Thal-PSC	term	0.00336 (0.00320–0.00353)	0.00313 (0.00302–0.00325)	0.00299 (0.00286–0.00308)	0.170
	preterm	0.00344 (0.00320–0.00372)	0.00321 (0.00299–0.00345)	0.00302 (0.00284–0.00317)
Lt.CG	term	0.00369 (0.00348–0.00394)	0.00343 (0.00322–0.00368)	0.00317 (0.00306–0.00341)	0.305
	preterm	0.00375 (0.00349–0.00398)	0.00351 (0.00327–0.00376)	0.00324 (0.00301–0.00341)
Lt.Premotor- PMC	term	0.00345 (0.00327–0.00355)	0.00322 (0.00309–0.00336)	0.00309 (0.00292–0.00330)	0.381
	preterm	0.00356 (0.00328–0.00392)	0.00330 (0.00305–0.00360)	0.00313 (0.00289–0.00333)
Rt.IFO	term	0.00361 (0.00342–0.00379)	0.00336 (0.00324–0.00344)	0.00318 (0.00306–0.00328)	0.610
	preterm	0.00369 (0.00345–0.00420)	0.00341 (0.00325–0.00371)	0.00321 (0.00307–0.00337)
Rt.UNC	term	0.00358 (0.00345–0.00371)	0.00338 (0.00323–0.00348)	0.00320 (0.00304–0.00331)	0.857
	preterm	0.00363 (0.00329–0.00393)	0.00342 (0.00325–0.00366)	0.00323 (0.00311–0.00331)
Lt.AR	term	0.00330 (0.00314–0.00347)	0.00309 (0.00294–0.00323)	0.00296 (0.00284–0.00307)	0.893
	preterm	0.00334 (0.00311–0.00356)	0.00314 (0.00300–0.00332)	0.00299 (0.00286–0.00316)
Rt.Premotor- PMC	term	0.00348 (0.00325–0.00361)	0.00322 (0.00308–0.00343)	0.00308 (0.00290–0.00321)	0.917
	preterm	0.00357 (0.00335–0.00398)	0.00330 (0.00310–0.00363)	0.00311 (0.00293–0.00340)
Lt.UNC	term	0.00356 (0.00341–0.00365)	0.00335 (0.00325–0.00345)	0.00319 (0.00308–0.00329)	0.933
	preterm	0.00362 (0.00340–0.00392)	0.00339 (0.00324–0.00354)	0.00321 (0.00310–0.00329)
Lt.OR	term	0.00364 (0.00337–0.00382)	0.00334 (0.00310–0.00356)	0.00315 (0.00294–0.00339)	1.000
	preterm	0.00371 (0.00340–0.00422)	0.00343 (0.00314–0.00380)	0.00322 (0.00302–0.00347)
Rt.V1-V4	term	0.00377 (0.00340–0.00412)	0.00348 (0.00329–0.00373)	0.00325 (0.00303–0.00349)	1.000
	preterm	0.00389 (0.00344–0.00433)	0.00357 (0.00316–0.00403)	0.00332 (0.00304–0.00378)
Rt.AR	term	0.00329 (0.00314–0.00344)	0.00311 (0.00292–0.00327)	0.00297 (0.00278–0.00316)	1.000
	preterm	0.00331 (0.00309–0.00360)	0.00315 (0.00295–0.00333)	0.00302 (0.00282–0.00315)
Lt.Thal-PSC	term	0.00344 (0.00330–0.00358)	0.00320 (0.00307–0.00334)	0.00303 (0.00294–0.00312)	1.000
	preterm	0.00349 (0.00325–0.00383)	0.00325 (0.00304–0.00350)	0.00305 (0.00285–0.00325)
Rt.CST	term	0.00353 (0.00340–0.00373)	0.00337 (0.00320–0.00354)	0.00322 (0.00307–0.00355)	1.000
	preterm	0.00359 (0.00331–0.00394)	0.00341 (0.00312–0.00371)	0.00328 (0.00302–0.00353)
Rt.OR	term	0.00383 (0.00351–0.00405)	0.00348 (0.00321–0.00370)	0.00328 (0.00309–0.00352)	1.000
	preterm	0.00387 (0.00343–0.00430)	0.00357 (0.00321–0.00398)	0.00333 (0.00302–0.00370)
MCP	term	0.00371 (0.00354–0.00389)	0.00346 (0.00327–0.00369)	0.00330 (0.00304–0.00374)	1.000
	preterm	0.00377 (0.00348–0.00402)	0.00355 (0.00323–0.00380)	0.00332 (0.00286–0.00359)
Rt.CG	term	0.00373 (0.00351–0.00400)	0.00347 (0.00330–0.00368)	0.00320 (0.00299–0.00342)	1.000
	preterm	0.00375 (0.00350–0.00403)	0.00351 (0.00336–0.00389)	0.00323 (0.00302–0.00338)
Rt.V1-MT	term	0.00392 (0.00367–0.00417)	0.00362 (0.00337–0.00386)	0.00339 (0.00312–0.00369)	1.000
	preterm	0.00402 (0.00362–0.00438)	0.00366 (0.00326–0.00406)	0.00341 (0.00307–0.00403)
Lt.IFO	term	0.00353 (0.00332–0.00374)	0.00329 (0.00313–0.00342)	0.00314 (0.00300–0.00328)	1.000
	preterm	0.00357 (0.00334–0.00408)	0.00331 (0.00317–0.00349)	0.00313 (0.00296–0.00325)
Lt.CST	term	0.00319 (0.00308–0.00330)	0.00306 (0.00296–0.00319)	0.00293 (0.00282–0.00311)	1.000
	preterm	0.00321 (0.00302–0.00346)	0.00308 (0.00295–0.00319)	0.00294 (0.00276–0.00318)

AR = the acoustic radiation, BCC = body of the corpus callosum, CG = the cingulum, CST = the corticospinal tract, GCC = the genu of the corpus callosum, IFO = the inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, ILF = the inferior longitudinal fasciculus, Lt. = left, MCP = the middle cerebellar peduncle, OR = the optic radiation, PMC = the primary motor cortex, PSC = the primary somatosensory cortex, Rt. = right, SCC = the splenium of the corpus callosum, Thal = the thalamus, UNC = the uncinate fasciculus, V1-V4 = the pathway that connects the V1/V2 and the V4, V1-MT = the pathway that connects the V1/V2 and the V5/MT+.