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. 2013 Feb;34(2):417–423. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A3216

Table 4:

DTI measures of NAWM in pediatric MS

Patients Controls P Value
Genu of CC
    Mean ADC (± SD)a 0.87 (0.10) 0.82 (0.11) .052
    Mean FA (± SD) 0.53 (0.050) 0.56 (0.051) .098
Splenium of CC
    Mean ADC (± SD)a 0.91 (0.13) 0.79 (0.095) .0010b
    Mean FA (± SD) 0.58 (0.073) 0.65 (0.052) .0003b
AMB of CC
    Mean ADC (± SD)a 0.89 (0.12) 0.79 (0.085) .0005b
    Mean FA (± SD) 0.52 (0.057) 0.57 (0.051) .0053b
PMB of CC
    Mean ADC (± SD) 0.93 (0.12) 0.84 (0.11) .011b
    Mean FA (± SD) 0.53 (0.051) 0.57 (0.051) .032b
PLIC
    Mean ADC (± SD)a 0.72 (0.053) 0.71 (0.059) .38
    Mean FA (± SD) 0.56 (0.039) 0.56 (0.031) .77
CP
    Mean ADC (± SD)a 0.74 (0.061) 0.73 (0.065) .29
    Mean FA (± SD) 0.58 (0.041) 0.59 (0.044) .18
SLF
    Mean ADC (± SD)a 0.76 (0.072) 0.71 (0.070) .0020b
    Mean FA (± SD) 0.47 (0.042) 0.52 (0.043) .00004b
IFOF and UF
    Mean ADC (± SD)a 0.82 (0.081) 0.77 (0.067) .0006b
    Mean FA (± SD) 0.46 (0.038) 0.49 (0.033) .0095b
All NAWM
    Mean ADC (± SD)a 0.81 (0.062) 0.76 (0.066) .0008b
    Mean FA (± SD) 0.53 (0.033) 0.57 (0.028) .0002b

Note:—AMB indicates anterior midbody; PMB, posterior midbody; SLF, superior longitudinal fascicle; UF, uncinate fascicle; IFOF, inferior fronto-occipital fascicle; CP, cerebral peduncle; CC, corpus callosum.

a

ADC, × 10−3.

b

Statistically significant.