Table 2. Main locations of white-matter tracts showing differences of FA, MD and/or RD in PDM patients compared to healthy controls.
| White-matter tracts | none |
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| FA | MD | RD | FA | MD | RD | |
| Genu of corpus callosum | 1137 | 371 | 1107 | 1021 | 838 | |
| Body of corpus callosum | 2852 | 1246 | 2713 | 2842 | 219 | 2517 |
| Splenium of corpus callosum | 605 | 627 | 646 | 406 | 163 | 573 |
| Internal capsule R | 791 | 122 | 570 | 740 | 167 | |
| Internal capsule L | 833 | 191 | 722 | 342 | ||
| Anterior corona radiata R | 1463 | 542 | 1357 | 1360 | 1184 | |
| Anterior corona radiata L | 1497 | 538 | 1398 | 1430 | 1291 | |
| Superior corona radiata R | 924 | 717 | 1120 | 955 | 918 | |
| Superior corona radiata L | 521 | 191 | 463 | 523 | 353 | |
| Posterior corona radiata R | 459 | 392 | 581 | 538 | 217 | 350 |
| Posterior corona radiata L | 419 | 293 | 421 | 419 | 361 | |
| Posterior thalamic radiation R | 555 | 345 | 527 | |||
| Posterior thalamic radiation L | 449 | 113 | 378 | 413 | ||
| Sagittal stratum R | 252 | 207 | 221 | |||
| Sagittal stratum L | 317 | |||||
| External capsule R | 116 | 226 | 326 | 213 | ||
| External capsule L | 142 | 305 | ||||
| Cingulum (cingulate gyrus) R | 145 | 118 | ||||
| Fornix R | 151 | |||||
| Fornix L | 187 | |||||
| Superior longitudinal fasciculus R | 921 | 253 | 845 | 824 | 471 | |
| Superior longitudinal fasciculus L | 774 | 595 | 681 | 339 | ||
The labels of the columns indicated the factors used as covariates.
Abbreviations: FA, fractional anisotropy; MD, mean diffusivity; RD, radial diffusivity; L, Left; R, Right.