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. 2016 May 18;41(10):2473–2480. doi: 10.1038/npp.2016.47

Table 2. Mean Tractography Values.

  Younger controls
Younger patients
Older controls
Older patients
  Males (N=40) Females (N=23) Males (N=47) Females (N=18) Males (N=29) Females (N=19) Males (N=30) Females (N=18)
Fractional anisotropy
 Anterior thalamic radiation 0.479 (0.028) 0.469 (0.028) 0.480 (0.022) 0.456 (0.034) 0.456 (0.022) 0.472 (0.027) 0.472 (0.039) 0.451 (0.028)
 Cingulum 0.555 (0.042) 0.541 (0.056) 0.559 (0.043) 0.504 (0.053) 0.547 (0.043) 0.549 (0.049) 0.557 (0.051) 0.510 (0.055)
 Corticopontine 0.601 (0.025) 0.603 (0.024) 0.603 (0.020) 0.597 (0.020) 0.589 (0.023) 0.590 (0.019) 0.592 (0.034) 0.578 (0.025)
 Inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus 0.557 (0.026) 0.553 (0.024) 0.556 (0.019) 0.544 (0.027) 0.536 (0.024) 0.542 (0.026) 0.533 (0.036) 0.511 (0.025)
 Inferior longitudinal fasciculus 0.569 (0.028) 0.569 (0.029) 0.561 (0.029) 0.549 (0.035) 0.551 (0.031) 0.547 (0.039) 0.542 (0.030) 0.519 (0.038)
 Superior longitudinal fasciculus 0.531 (0.032) 0.528 (0.031) 0.526 (0.027) 0.501 (0.035) 0.516 (0.027) 0.521 (0.036) 0.520 (0.035) 0.489 (0.036)
 Uncinate fasciculus 0.530 (0.033) 0.514 (0.029) 0.534 (0.021) 0.509 (0.024) 0.514 (0.029) 0.527 (0.025) 0.526 (0.039) 0.499 (0.030)
 Genu of the corpus callosum 0.560 (0.031) 0.552 (0.028) 0.562 (0.024) 0.535 (0.032) 0.530 (0.030) 0.540 (0.030) 0.532 (0.32) 0.505 (0.020)
 Splenium of the corpus callosum 0.612 (0.029) 0.599 (0.031) 0.619 (0.033) 0.596 (0.026) 0.599 (0.030) 0.588 (0.024) 0.600 (0.036) 0.555 (0.049)
                 
Mean diffusivity                
 Anterior thalamic radiation 0.751 (0.028) 0.764 (0.026) 0.761 (0.023) 0.778 (0.033) 0.771 (0.028) 0.755 (0.032) 0.760 (0.075) 0.778 (0.031)
 Cingulum 0.722 (0.032) 0.726 (0.030) 0.728 (0.029) 0.745 (0.036) 0.722 (0.027) 0.716 (0.038) 0.717 (0.041) 0.739 (0.039)
 Corticopontine 0.718 (0.027) 0.718 (0.025) 0.718 (0.020) 0.725 (0.027) 0.726 (0.027) 0.711 (0.023) 0.715 (0.043) 0.728 (0.027)
 Inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus 0.780 (0.028) 0.782 (0.027) 0.783 (0.023) 0.794 (0.026) 0.802 (0.032) 0.787 (0.035) 0.801 (0.058) 0.820 (0.039)
 Inferior longitudinal fasciculus 0.782 (0.034) 0.783 (0.025) 0.785 (0.032) 0.796 (0.029) 0.799 (0.038) 0.784 (0.057) 0.791 (0.051) 0.810 (0.039)
 Superior longitudinal fasciculus 0.707 (0.027) 0.707 (0.023) 0.708 (0.023) 0.724 (0.032) 0.716 (0.029) 0.707 (0.042) 0.718 (0.055) 0.732 (0.041)
 Uncinate fasciculus 0.777 (0.028) 0.786 (0.030) 0.782 (0.022) 0.797 (0.023) 0.779 (0.025) 0.769 (0.034) 0.770 (0.045) 0.784 (0.038)
 Genu of the corpus callosum 0.832 (0.038) 0.840 (0.044) 0.851 (0.070) 0.860 (0.044) 0.870 (0.044) 0.829 (0.035) 0.865 (0.087) 0.887 (0.048)
 Splenium of the corpus callosum 0.815 (0.070) 0.852 (0.095) 0.827 (0.109) 0.858 (0.065) 0.861 (0.071) 0.871 (0.072) 0.888 (0.122) 0.938 (0.140)
                 
Axial diffusivity                
 Anterior thalamic radiation 1.18 (0.029) 1.19 (0.041) 1.20 (0.029) 1.20 (0.028) 1.18 (0.038) 1.18 (0.040) 1.18 (0.072) 1.18 (0.038)
 Cingulum 1.23 (0.056) 1.22 (0.059) 1.24 (0.048) 1.21 (0.059) 1.22 (0.055) 1.21 (0.064) 1.22 (0.057) 1.20 (0.036)
 Corticopontine 1.28 (0.029) 1.28 (0.035) 1.28 (0.037) 1.29 (0.046) 1.28 (0.043) 1.25 (0.040) 1.25 (0.062) 1.26 (0.037)
 Inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus 1.32 (0.035) 1.32 (0.038) 1.33 (0.034) 1.33 (0.026) 1.33 (0.041) 1.32 (0.036) 1.32 (0.043) 1.33 (0.034)
 Inferior longitudinal fasciculus 1.35 (0.046) 1.35 (0.037) 1.34 (0.048) 1.34 (0.029) 1.35 (0.052) 1.32 (0.052) 1.32 (0.065) 1.32 (0.044)
 Superior longitudinal fasciculus 1.16 (0.038) 1.16 (0.027) 1.16 (0.030) 1.15 (0.024) 1.16 (0.040) 1.14 (0.042) 1.17 (0.063) 1.15 (0.037)
 Uncinate fasciculus 1.29 (0.036) 1.29 (0.050) 1.30 (0.031) 1.30 (0.032) 1.27 (0.040) 1.27 (0.050) 1.27 (0.050) 1.26 (0.043)
 Genu of the corpus callosum 1.42 (0.042) 1.42 (0.053) 1.45 (0.068) 1.42 (0.052) 1.43 (0.037) 1.37 (0.049) 1.42 (0.093) 1.42 (0.052)
 Splenium of the corpus callosum 1.46 (0.090) 1.49 (0.116) 1.48 (0.124) 1.50 (0.089) 1.51 (0.097) 1.50 (0.092) 1.54 (0.148) 1.55 (0.150)
                 
Radial diffusivity                
 Anterior thalamic radiation 0.536 (0.033) 0.550 (0.029) 0.542 (0.026) 0.569 (0.043) 0.564 (0.029) 0.544 (0.035) 0.551 (0.078) 0.574 (0.034)
 Cingulum 0.468 (0.042) 0.480 (0.052) 0.470 (0.042) 0.515 (0.050) 0.474 (0.039) 0.515 (0.050) 0.466 (0.053) 0.510 (0.058)
 Corticopontine 0.438 (0.032) 0.435 (0.027) 0.436 (0.021) 0.442 (0.026) 0.451 (0.027) 0.441 (0.022) 0.446 (0.042) 0.460 (0.030)
 Inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus 0.507 (0.033) 0.511 (0.030) 0.510 (0.025) 0.525 (0.035) 0.537 (0.035) 0.523 (0.035) 0.541 (0.063) 0.568 (0.042)
 Inferior longitudinal fasciculus 0.500 (0.037) 0.500 (0.033) 0.508 (0.037) 0.522 (0.041) 0.522 (0.043) 0.517 (0.065) 0.526 (0.050) 0.553 (0.048)
 Superior longitudinal fasciculus 0.480 (0.034) 0.482 (0.032) 0.484 (0.029) 0.511 (0.042) 0.493 (0.034) 0.488 (0.049) 0.494 (0.057) 0.523 (0.048)
 Uncinate fasciculus 0.521 (0.036) 0.536 (0.031) 0.520 (0.026) 0.546 (0.028) 0.531 (0.031) 0.517 (0.033) 0.521 (0.050) 0.546 (0.042)
 Genu of the corpus callosum 0.541 (0.045) 0.550 (0.046) 0.554 (0.074) 0.578 (0.048) 0.593 (0.053) 0.555 (0.040) 0.588 (0.086) 0.622 (0.048)
 Splenium of the corpus callosum 0.493 (0.066) 0.531 (0.089) 0.497 (0.105) 0.537 (0.058) 0.538 (0.065) 0.558 (0.067) 0.564 (0.113) 0.632 (0.142)

Notes: Data are presented for descriptive purposes only (see text for a description of the statistical analysis plan). SDs are in parentheses. FA values are dimensionless and multiplied by 1000. Axial, radial, and mean diffusivity units are 10−3 mm2/s.