Table 2:
Mean FA values of the selected WM areas from CO intoxication in patients and controls
| Region | Mean ± SD, × 10−3 |
P* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients (n = 14) | Control Subjects (n = 16) | ||
| Corpus callosum, genu | 614.3 ± 97.5 | 750.6 ± 40.2 | <.001* |
| Corpus callosum, splenium | 725.7 ± 10.8 | 791.3 ± 58.0 | .044* |
| Anterior limb internal capsule, L | 536.4 ± 12.6 | 563.8 ± 54.8 | .461 |
| Anterior limb internal capsule, R | 530.7 ± 82.5 | 573.8 ± 32.6 | .085 |
| Posterior limb internal capsule, L | 627.9 ± 46.4 | 655.0 ± 59.9 | .181 |
| Posterior limb internal capsule, R | 621.4 ± 46.9 | 651.3 ± 41.8 | .086 |
| Orbitofrontal, L | 343.6 ± 71.3 | 438.1 ± 43.1 | <.001* |
| Orbitofrontal, R | 357.9 ± 75.2 | 435.6 ± 36.7 | .002* |
| High frontal, L | 322.8 ± 60.0 | 411.3 ± 38.8 | <.001* |
| High frontal, R | 312.2 ± 46.5 | 408.1 ± 22.2 | <.001* |
| Parietal, L | 380.9 ± 80.8 | 456.9 ± 46.4 | <.001* |
| Parietal, R | 361.2 ± 66.8 | 465.0 ± 38.1 | <.001* |
| Occipital, L | 406.4 ± 66.6 | 442.5 ± 42.7 | .063 |
| Occipital, R | 409.3 ± 63.3 | 446.9 ± 61.3 | .110 |
| Temporal, L | 383.6 ± 63.6 | 432.5 ± 52.1 | .028* |
| Temporal, R | 346.4 ± 67.1 | 431.3 ± 44.4 | <.001* |
| All WM areas | 456.2 ± 39.7 | 522.1 ± 17.8 | <.001* |
Note:—L indicates left; R, right; FA, fractional anisotropy; WM, white matter; CO, carbon monoxide.
*
<.05 indicates significance.