Table 5.
Significance of difference in the percentage of small-, medium-, and large-diameter axons in segment I compared to four other segments in the CC in autistic and control subjects
Axon diameter (μm) | Group | S I/S II | S I/S III | S I/S IV | S I/S V |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 0.651 | C | 0.073 | 0.002** | 0.073 | 0.002** |
0.651–1.051 | C | 0.646 | 0.224 | 0.052 | 0.616 |
> 1.051 | C | 0.048* | 0.0002*** | 0.0015** | 0.0002*** |
< 0.651 | A | 0.028* | 0.663 | 0.663 | 0.663 |
0.651–1.051 | A | 0.232 | 0.745 | 0.404 | 0.232 |
> 1.051 | A | 0.221 | 0.221 | 0.221 | 0.684 |
CC corpus callosum, S segment, C control, A autism. P values incorporate multiple-comparison adjustments to maintain a false discovery rate (FDR) of 0.05. *p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001