Table 1C.
Associations Between HITS Metrics and Changes in DKI-Derived Metrics in White Matter (± 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 | 0.1411 | 0.0705 | 0.4993 | 0.4807 | 0.0015* |
| K axial vs. RWECP | 0.1891 | 0.0337* | 0.5735 | 0.5597 | 0.0004* |
| K radial vs. RWECP | 0.1474 | 0.0640 | 0.4024 | 0.4194 | 0.0071* |
| MK vs. RWELinear | 0.0347 | 0.3837 | 0.2699 | 0.2427 | 0.0391* |
| K axial vs. RWELinear | 0.0398 | 0.3497 | 0.3342 | 0.3126 | 0.0180* |
| K radial vs. RWELinear | 0.0443 | 0.3233 | 0.3438 | 0.2283 | 0.0779 |
| MK vs. RWERotational | 0.0769 | 0.1894 | 0.1604 | 0.1291 | 0.1210 |
| K axial vs. RWERotational | 0.0004 | 0.9252 | 0.0642 | 0.0339 | 0.2736 |
| K radial vs. RWERotational | 0.0612 | 0.2438 | 0.0713 | 0.0977 | 0.2590 |
| MK vs. total impacts | 0.0073 | 0.6923 | 0.0739 | 0.0394 | 0.2539 |
| K axial vs. total impacts | 0.0006 | 0.9134 | 0.0714 | 0.0413 | 0.2588 |
| K radial vs. total impacts | 0.0128 | 0.5984 | 0.0253 | 0.0530 | 0.3640 |
| MK vs. summed linear acceleration | 0.0104 | 0.6360 | 0.1036 | 0.1116 | 0.1996 |
| K axial vs. summed linear acceleration | 0.0001 | 0.0029 | 0.1084 | 0.1670 | 0.1917 |
| K radial vs. summed linear acceleration | 0.0170 | 0.3798 | 0.0554 | 0.1288 | 0.2926 |
| MK vs. summed rotational acceleration | 0.0129 | 0.5972 | 0.1072 | 0.1143 | 0.1937 |
| K axial vs. summed rotational acceleration | 0.0005 | 0.9178 | 0.1085 | 0.1630 | 0.1916 |
| K radial vs. summed rotational acceleration | 0.0197 | 0.5129 | 0.0572 | 0.1279 | 0.2886 |
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.