Table 2.
Fiber density and cross section values of white matter tracts.
| HC | TD-PD | PIGD-PD | P-value | Cohen’s d | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | HC vs. TD-PD vs. PIGD-PD | HC vs. TD-PDa | HC vs. PIGD-PDa | TD-PD vs. PIGD-PDa | HC vs. TD-PD | HC vs. PIGD-PD | TD-PD vs. PIGD-PD | |
| ATR | 0.49 | 0.05 | 0.52 | 0.05 | 0.50 | 0.06 | 0.014 | 0.012 | 0.26 | 1.00 | −0.61 | −0.30 | 0.28 |
| CST | 0.74 | 0.06 | 0.81 | 0.07 | 0.79 | 0.10 | 0.000049 | 0.000036 | 0.017 | 0.97 | −1.07 | −0.65 | 0.25 |
| Cingulum | 0.61 | 0.06 | 0.65 | 0.08 | 0.63 | 0.08 | 0.089 | 0.084 | 0.89 | 1.00 | −0.48 | −0.21 | 0.24 |
| Forceps major | 0.69 | 0.08 | 0.70 | 0.08 | 0.70 | 0.10 | 0.84 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | −0.12 | −0.06 | 0.06 |
| Forceps minor | 0.46 | 0.05 | 0.48 | 0.05 | 0.47 | 0.05 | 0.028 | 0.024 | 0.91 | 0.66 | −0.55 | −0.25 | 0.31 |
| IFOF | 0.58 | 0.06 | 0.61 | 0.06 | 0.59 | 0.05 | 0.31 | 0.096 | 1.00 | 0.77 | −0.44 | −0.14 | 0.30 |
| ILF | 0.54 | 0.05 | 0.57 | 0.06 | 0.54 | 0.05 | 0.051 | 0.072 | 1.00 | 0.26 | −0.46 | −0.04 | 0.42 |
| SLF | 0.64 | 0.06 | 0.68 | 0.07 | 0.66 | 0.08 | 0.013 | 0.012 | 1.00 | 0.31 | −0.63 | −0.23 | 0.36 |
| UF | 0.60 | 0.06 | 0.63 | 0.08 | 0.62 | 0.07 | 0.18 | 0.24 | 0.59 | 1.00 | −0.37 | −0.26 | 0.12 |
| Genu of CC | 0.65 | 0.09 | 0.69 | 0.08 | 0.67 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.99 | 1.00 | −0.44 | −0.22 | 0.23 |
| Body of CC | 0.74 | 0.08 | 0.78 | 0.08 | 0.75 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 1.00 | 0.70 | −0.43 | −0.11 | 0.30 |
| Splenium of CC | 0.79 | 0.11 | 0.81 | 0.09 | 0.78 | 0.11 | 0.52 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.84 | −0.16 | 0.14 | 0.33 |
ATR anterior thalamic radiation, CST corticospinal tract, HC healthy controls, IFOF inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, ILF inferior longitudinal fasciculus, PIGD-PD patients with postural instability and gait disorder Parkinson’s disease, SD standard deviation, SLF superior longitudinal fasciculus, TD-PD patients with tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease.
aAnalysis of covariance with Bonferroni-adjusted post hoc tests.