Table 2.

Comparison of Global Properties and Small-Worldness Index Between Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Healthy Control Subjects

Parameter	Average control	Average TLE	p
Shortest path length, L	1.71	1.52	0.014*
Characteristic path lengths, λ	1.09	1.07	0.051+
Clustering coefficient, C	0.48	0.43	0.013*
Characteristic clustering coefficient, γ	1.65	1.69	0.052+
Small-world coefficient, σ	1.51	1.57	0.075

Results reported at 17% network density (the minimal threshold at which all functional connections were significant after correction for multiple comparison).

L, shortest path length; C, clustering coefficient; λ, γ, and σ are small-world parameters. Note that γ > 1, λ ≈ 1, and σ > 1 in the small-world network.

^*Statistical significance.

⁺p value <0.07 trends toward significance.

TLE, temporal lobe epilepsy.