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. 2016 Dec 1;33(23):2133–2146. doi: 10.1089/neu.2015.4267

Table 1B.

Associations Between HITS Metrics and Changes in DKI-Derived Metrics in WHOLE BRAIN (± SD 2.0)

  Without covariate adjustment Covariate adjustment for age, BMI, and time between scans
  R2 p value Adjusted R2 Covariate-adjusted R2 p value
MK vs. RWECP 0.0397 0.3507 0.6598 0.4572 < 0.0001*
K axial vs. RWECP 0.0578 0.2577 0.6284 0.4712 0.0001*
K radial vs. RWECP 0.0302 0.4169 0.5933 0.3760 0.0002*
MK vs. RWELinear 0.0038 0.7738 0.6079 0.3745 0.0002*
K axial vs. RWELinear 0.0109 0.6267 0.5732 0.3926 0.0004*
K radial vs. RWELinear 0.0015 0.8580 0.5508 0.3108 0.0006*
MK vs. RWERotational 0.0591 0.2523 0.5014 0.2045 0.0014*
K axial vs. RWERotational 0.0397 0.3503 0.4019 0.1487 0.0072*
K radial vs. RWERotational 0.0552 0.2691 0.4811 0.2039 0.0021*
MK vs. total impacts 0.0066 0.7055 0.5297 0.2497 0.0009*
K axial vs. total impacts 0.0116 0.6166 0.4770 0.2557 0.0022*
K radial vs. total impacts 0.0051 0.7402 0.5023 0.2364 0.0014*
MK vs. summed linear acceleration 0.0051 0.7405 0.5466 0.4444 0.0006*
K axial vs. summed linear acceleration 0.0099 0.6430 0.4977 0.4482 0.0015*
K radial vs. summed linear acceleration 0.0031 0.7949 0.5112 0.413935 0.0012*
MK vs. summed rotational acceleration 0.0103 0.6373 0.5548 0.4456 0.0005*
K axial vs. summed rotational acceleration 0.0165 0.5502 0.5063 0.4517 0.0013*
K radial vs. summed rotational acceleration 0.0071 0.6961 0.5169 0.4141 0.0011*
*

p < 0.05. Bold p values.

HITS, Head Impact Telemetry System; DKI, diffusional kurtosis imaging; SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; MK, mean kurtosis; RWEcp, Risk Weighted Cumulative Exposure combined probability; K axial, axial kurtosis; K radial, radial kurtosis.