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. 2009 May 13;30(11):3826–3836. doi: 10.1002/hbm.20810

Table III.

Mean diffusivity of region‐of‐interest in CS, MCI and AD

MD (10−9 m2/s) CS (n = 16) MCI (n = 13) AD (n = 11) MCI/AD (n = 24)
PVWM
 Anterior right 0.87 (0.09) 0.92 (0.16) 0.93 (0.14) 0.93 (0.15)
 Anterior left 0.79 (0.09) 0.90 (0.18)* 0.90 (0.16)* 0.90 (0.16)*
 Posterior right 0.87 (0.09) 0.95 (0.17) 0.92 (0.18) 0.93 (0.17)
 Posterior left 0.89 (0.13) 0.95 (0.22) 0.92 (0.12) 0.94 (0.18)
SCWM
 Anterior right 0.76 (0.03) 0.76 (0.06) 0.80 (0.14) 0.78 (0.10)
 Anterior left 0.69 (0.06) 0.72 (0.07) 0.72 (0.10) 0.72 (0.08)
 Posterior right 0.81 (0.05) 0.78 (0.08) 0.78 (0.07) 0.78 (0.05)
 Posterior left 0.81 (0.06) 0.78 (0.08) 0.80 (0.06) 0.79 (0.07)
 Temporal right 0.85 (0.07) 0.89 (0.08) 0.87 (0.06) 0.88 (0.07)
 Temporal left 0.85 (0.05) 0.86 (0.63) 0.84 (0.08) 0.85 (0.07)
Corpus callosum
 Genu 0.81 (0.34) 1.00 (0.25)* 1.01 (0.22)* 1.01 (0.23)*
 Splenium 0.87 (0.06) 0.91 (0.11) 0.89 (0.09) 0.91 (0.10)

MD, mean diffusivity (standard deviation); PVWM, periventricular white matter; SCWM, subcortical white matter; CS, control subjects; MCI, mild cognitive impairment; AD, Alzheimer's disease; *P < 0.05 analysis of variance with post hoc between AD and/or MCI and CS.