Table 8. ADC values of cranial bone marrow at different elevations in the age range of ≥50 years.
Altitude range (m) | n | ADC values (×10–3 mm2/s) | |||
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Parietal bone | Occipital bone | Frontal bone | Temporal bone | ||
2,000–3,000 | 80 | 0.97±0.25 | 0.53±0.21 | 1.03±0.25 | 0.52±0.21 |
3,100–4,000 | 60 | 0.97±0.24 | 0.56±0.20 | 1.00±0.24 | 0.57±0.27 |
≥4,100 | 50 | 0.99±0.26 | 0.64±0.21 | 0.95±0.27 | 0.65±0.27 |
F (P) | 0.075 (0.928) | 4.636 (0.011) | 1.517 (0.222) | 4.414 (0.013) | |
r (P) | 0.014 (0.851) | 0.188 (0.009) | -0.111 (0.127) | 0.182 (0.012) |
ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient.