Table 4.
Spearman Rho Correlations between the MSEL Domains and Diffusion Tensor Imaging Scalars in the Putamen, Anterior Centrum Semiovale, Posterior Centrum Semiovale, and Splenium of the Corpus Callosum (n = 14).
| MSEL Domain |
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| GM |
FM |
VR |
RL |
EL |
Composite |
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| Regions of interest | ρ | Sig. | ρ | Sig. | ρ | Sig. | ρ | Sig. | ρ | Sig. | ρ | Sig. |
| Right putamen FA | −0.044 | .88 | −0.089 | .76 | 0.127 | .67 | 0.023 | .94 | 0.032 | .91 | −0.046 | .88 |
| Right putamen MD | −0.405 | .15 | 0.205 | .48 | 0.101 | .73 | 0.236 | .42 | 0.294 | .31 | 0.246 | .40 |
| Right putamen AD | −0.546 | .04* | 0.077 | .79 | 0.079 | .79 | 0.302 | .29 | 0.206 | .48 | 0.13 | .66 |
| Right putamen RD | −0.339 | .24 | 0.209 | .47 | 0.084 | .78 | 0.218 | .45 | 0.25 | .39 | 0.231 | .43 |
| Left putamen FA | 0.024 | .94 | −0.121 | .68 | 0.009 | .98 | 0.013 | .96 | −0.12 | .68 | −0.143 | .63 |
| Left putamen MD | −0.455 | .10 | 0.275 | .34 | 0.159 | .59 | 0.448 | .11 | 0.427 | .13 | 0.354 | .21 |
| Left putamen AD | −0.444 | .11 | 0.289 | .32 | 0.185 | .53 | 0.565 | .04* | 0.413 | .14 | 0.348 | .22 |
| Left putamen RD | −0.495 | .07 | 0.229 | .43 | 0.101 | .73 | 0.401 | .16 | 0.382 | .18 | 0.312 | .28 |
| SCC FA | 0.108 | .71 | −0.26 | .37 | −0.009 | .98 | −0.082 | .78 | −0.22 | .45 | −0.141 | .63 |
| SCC MD | 0.062 | .83 | 0.654 | .01* | 0.317 | .27 | 0.362 | .20 | 0.444 | .11 | 0.473 | .09 |
| SCC AD | 0.117 | .69 | 0.533 | .05* | 0.308 | .28 | 0.505 | .07 | 0.292 | .31 | 0.425 | .13 |
| SCC RD | −0.035 | .91 | 0.559 | .04* | 0.194 | .51 | 0.163 | .58 | 0.336 | .24 | 0.339 | .24 |
| Anterior CSO FA | 0.541 | .05* | 0.319 | .27 | 0.515 | .06 | −0.181 | .54 | 0.272 | .35 | 0.271 | .35 |
| Anterior CSO MD | −0.286 | .32 | −0.227 | .44 | −0.229 | .43 | 0.337 | .24 | −0.07 | .81 | −0.057 | .85 |
| Anterior CSO AD | −0.218 | .45 | −0.156 | .59 | −0.081 | .78 | 0.262 | .37 | 0.009 | .98 | 0.02 | .95 |
| Anterior CSO RD | −0.293 | .31 | −0.187 | .52 | −0.207 | .49 | 0.37 | .19 | −0.03 | .92 | −0.011 | .97 |
| Posterior CSO FA | 0.417 | .14 | 0.51 | .06 | 0.620 | .02* | −0.216 | .46 | 0.419 | .14 | 0.452 | .11 |
| Posterior CSO MD | −0.354 | .21 | −0.531 | .05 | −0.617 | .02* | 0.161 | .58 | −0.45 | .10 | −0.453 | .10 |
| Posterior CSO AD | −0.42 | .14 | −0.509 | .06 | −0.542 | .05* | 0.141 | .63 | −0.41 | .15 | −0.414 | .14 |
| Posterior CSO RD | −0.392 | .17 | −.535* | .05* | −0.626 | .02* | 0.196 | .50 | −0.47 | .09 | −0.464 | .09 |
Abbreviations: AD, axial diffusivity; CSO, centrum semiovale; EL, expressive language; FA, fractional anisotropy; FM, fine motor; GM, gross motor; MD, mean diffusivity; MSEL, Mullen Scales of Early Learning; RD, radial diffusivity; RL, receptive language; SCC, splenium of the corpus callosum; VR, visual reception.
*
P < .05
**
P < .01.