Table 2.
Correlations between DTI metrics and cognitive/neuropsychiatric measures.
Measures | Participants | Regions | FA | MD | AD | RD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VF | HCs | Left superior longitudinal fasciculus | — | — | −0.46* | |
Left superior longitudinal fasciculus (temporal part) | — | — | −0.47* | |||
Anxiety | CDs | Left cingulum (cingulate gyrus) | −0.50* | — | — | — |
Right cingulum (cingulate gyrus) | −0.45* | — | — | — | ||
Right inferior longitudinal fasciculus | — | −0.54* | — | −0.52* | ||
Forceps major | — | −0.52* | −0.45* | — | ||
Disease duration | CDs | Left anterior thalamic radiation | 0.57** | — | — | −0.47* |
Right anterior thalamic radiation | — | −0.54** | — | −0.63** | ||
Left corticospinal tract | — | — | −0.61** | — | ||
Right corticospinal tract | — | — | −0.58** | — | ||
Right inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus | −0.40** | 0.44** | — | — | ||
Left superior longitudinal fasciculus | — | 0.47* | — | — | ||
Left superior longitudinal fasciculus (temporal part) | — | 0.50* | — | — | ||
Forceps minor | −0.64** | — | −0.53* | 0.52* |
Note: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.