Table 2.

FA of white matter tracts in control, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia subjects.

Tract	CON	BPD	SCZ	F	p
	(n = 30)	(n = 24)	(n = 33)
Corpus callosum
F. Major	0.60 (0.07)	0.59 (0.07)	0.59 (0.08)	0.23	0.79
F. Minor	0.54 (0.06)	0.52 (0.08)	0.51 (0.10)	0.70	0.50
Anterior thalamic radiation
Left	0.42 (0.04)	0.41 (0.03)	0.39 (0.06)	3.38	0.039*
Right	0.41 (0.04)	0.41 (0.04)	0.39 (0.06)	1.99	0.14
Cingular-angular bundle
Left	0.37 (0.07)	0.40 (0.07)	0.37 (0.08)	1.70	0.19
Right	0.39 (0.08)	0.41 (0.07)	0.38 (0.08)	0.78	0.46
Cingulum cingulate gyrus
Left	0.59 (0.10)	0.61 (0.08)	0.60 (0.10)	0.37	0.69
Right	0.54 (0.07)	0.54 (0.06)	0.53 (0.08)	0.12	0.88
Cortico-spinal tract
Left	0.54 (0.04)	0.54 (0.04)	0.52 (0.06)	1.61	0.21
Right		0.52 (0.04)	0.53 (0.05)	0.51 (0.05)	0.87
Inferior longitudinal fasciculus
Left	0.48 (0.04)	0.49 (0.05)	0.46 (0.06)	2.58	0.08
Right	0.48 (0.04)	0.50 (0.05)	0.46 (0.06)	3.64	0.03*
Sup. longitudinal fasc. - parietal
Left	0.47 (0.05)	0.48 (0.06)	0.47 (0.06)	0.17	0.84
Right	0.47 (0.05)	0.47 (0.04)	0.45 (0.06)	1.34	0.27
Sup. longitudinal fasc. – temp.
Left	0.49 (0.05)	0.51 (0.04)	0.48 (0.06)	1.83	0.17
Right	0.47 (0.04)	0.47 (0.05)	0.46 (0.06)	0.61	0.54
Uncinate fasciculus
Left	0.37 (0.07)	0.39 (0.07)	0.37 (0.08)	0.62	0.54
Right	0.38 (0.05)	0.38 (0.07)	0.38 (0.07)	0.13	0.88

Bolded and asterisked values are statistically significant.