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. 2016 Apr 14;6:24473. doi: 10.1038/srep24473

Table 2. Comparisons of DKI-WM metrics of the posterior limb of the internal capsule among study groups.

  FA MD (×10−3 mm/s2) AD (×10−3 mm/s2) RD (×10−3 mm/s2) Da(×10−3 mm/s2) De,// (×10−3 mm/s2) De,⊥ (×10−3 mm/s2)
Preterm neonates
 Control group 0.38 ± 0.02 1.16 ± 0.07 1.68 ± 0.08 0.90 ± 0.06 1.06 ± 0.17 1.93 ± 0.12 1.09 ± 0.11
 Simple T2h group 0.37 ± 0.03 1.18 ± 0.07 1.70 ± 0.07 0.92 ± 0.08 1.21 ± 0.19 1.95 ± 0.10 1.08 ± 0.09
Full-term neonates
 Control group 0.39 ± 0.02 1.14 ± 0.05 1.67 ± 0.05 0.87 ± 0.05 1.04 ± 0.09 1.93 ± 0.07 1.07 ± 0.07
 Simple T2h group 0.38 ± 0.03 1.16 ± 0.05 1.68 ± 0.05 0.90 ± 0.06 1.07 ± 0.17 1.93 ± 0.08 1.08 ± 0.09
 Complex T2h with HIE group 0.33 ± 0.04 1.21 ± 0.06 1.68 ± 0.08 0.97 ± 0.07 0.87 ± 0.09 1.94 ± 0.08 1.19 ± 0.07
P value
 Preterm simple T2h vs. control group 0.403 0.344 0.415 0.331 0.322 0.380 0.404
 Full-term simple T2h vs. control group 0.095 0.350 0.918 0.215 0.551 0.815 0.483
 Preterm simple T2h vs. full- term simple T2h group 0.564 0.500 0.637 0.474 0.076 0.328 0.896
 Full-term simple T2h vs. complex T2h with HIE group 0.001 0.030 0.781 0.005 0.013 0.622 0.009

Note: data presented as means ± SDs. AD, axial diffusivity; Da, intra-axonal diffusivity; De,//, extra-axonal axial diffusivity; De,⊥, extra-axonal radial diffusivity; FA, fractional anisotropy; MD, mean diffusivity; RD, radial diffusivity.