Table 2.
Between group differences in cingulum subnetwork diffusion measurements.
| Measure | Mean scores (SD) |
F | DF | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controls | CD-CU | CD + CU | ||||
| Radial Diffusivity | Omnibus test for group effects: | 5.55 | 1, 39 | 0.008* | ||
| Left | ||||||
| Dorsal Cingulum | 0.597 (0.0287) | 0.572 (0.0308) | 0.574 (0.0244) | 4.65 | 1, 39 | 0.015* |
| Ventral Cingulum | 0.613 (0.0411) | 0.590 (0.0296) | 0.601 (0.0251) | 2.32 | 1, 39 | 0.112 |
| Right | ||||||
| Dorsal Cingulum | 0.603 (0.0242) | 0.574 (0.0303) | 0.576 (0.0257) | 6.97 | 1, 39 | 0.003* |
| Ventral Cingulum | 0.597 (0.0316) | 0.571 (0.0279) | 0.584 (0.0264) | 3.76 | 1, 39 | 0.032 |
| Fractional anisotropy | Omnibus test for group effects: | 3.54 | 1, 39 | 0.039 | ||
| Left | ||||||
| Dorsal Cingulum | 0.456 (0.0200) | 0.462 (0.0216) | 0.464 (0.0187) | – | – | – |
| Ventral Cingulum | 0.407 (0.0228) | 0.417 (0.0191) | 0.402 (0.0215) | – | – | – |
| Right | ||||||
| Dorsal Cingulum | 0.434 (0.0214) | 0.448 (0.0262) | 0.448 (0.0185) | – | – | – |
| Ventral Cingulum | 0.387 (0.1054) | 0.426 (0.0139) | 0.416 (0.0188) | – | – | – |
| Axial diffusivity | Omnibus test for group effects: | 1.44 | 1, 39 | 0.250 | ||
| Left | ||||||
| Dorsal Cingulum | 1.253 (0.1293) | 1.250 (0.0319) | 1.265 (0.0330) | – | – | – |
| Ventral Cingulum | 1.187 (0.0449) | 1.164 (0.0339) | 1.151 (0.0331) | – | – | – |
| Right | ||||||
| Dorsal Cingulum | 1.233 (0.0481) | 1.205 (0.0226) | 1.213 (0.0459) | – | – | – |
| Ventral Cingulum | 1.171 (0.0412) | 1.146 (0.0267) | 1.152 (0.0370) | – | – | – |
| Mean diffusivity | Omnibus test for group effects: | 2.55 | 2, 39 | 0.091 | ||
| Left | ||||||
| Dorsal Cingulum | 0.828 (0.0306) | 0.746 (0.0193) | 0.804 (0.0255) | – | – | – |
| Ventral Cingulum | 0.804 (0.0419) | 0.763 (0.0699) | 0.784 (0.0509) | – | – | – |
| Right | ||||||
| Dorsal Cingulum | 0.812 (0.0239) | 0.731 (0.0199) | 0.788 (0.0278) | – | – | – |
| Ventral Cingulum | 0.788 (0.0318) | 0.751 (0.0456) | 0.773 (0.0262) | – | – | – |
CD-CU = Children with Conduct Disorder but without clinically significant Callous Unemotional Traits; CD + CU = Children with Conduct Disorder and with clinically significant Callous Unemotional Traits.
*
Significant at p < 0.025.