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. 2022 Apr 25;43(12):3809–3823. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25885

TABLE 4.

Statistical results for linear mixed effects models with significant effects of symptom groups based on parent report that survived FDR correction on DTI metrics of examined white matter tracts

Superior longitudinal fasciculus FA Arcuate fasciculus MD Superior longitudinal fasciculus MD Anterior thalamic radiations MD
Predictors Estimates CI Statistic p Estimates CI Statistic p Estimates CI Statistic p Estimates CI Statistic p
(Intercept) 0.44 0.43 to 0.45 71.62 <.001 0.74 0.73 to 0.75 158.12 <.001 0.74 0.73 to 0.76 135.52 <.001 0.77 0.76 to 0.77 193.10 < .001
Group a 5.73 .003 0.32 .730 0.21 .813 1.33 .265
Time (days) post‐injury 0.11 −0.25 to 0.46 0.59 .557 −0.07 −0.22 to 0.08 −0.96 .337 0.02 −0.18 to 0.22 0.18 .854 −0.06 −0.21 to 0.09 −0.80 .423
Time2 0.04 −0.29 to 0.38 0.25 .799 −0.02 −0.16 to 0.13 −0.25 .806 0.03 −0.17 to 0.23 0.27 .790 0.09 −0.05 to 0.24 1.25 .210
Age (centered) 0. 02 0.01 to 0.03 4.95 < .001 −0.01 −0.02 to −0.01 −4.54 <.001 −0.02 −0.02 to −0.01 −4.58 <.001 −0.01 −0.01 to −2.73e−3 −3.01 .003
Sex (female—male) −2.670e−3 −0.02 to 0.01 −0.32 .746 0.01 −3.92e−3 to 0.02 1.34 .180 3.06e−3 −0.01 to 0.02 0.41 .681 −2.60e−4 −0.01 to 0.01 −0.05 .961
Hemisphere (left—right) 0.03 0.02 to 0.03 16.70 < .001 3.40e−03 2.06e−3 to 4.75e−3 4.95 <.001 0.01 4.58e−3 to 0.01 7.32 <.001 0.01 0.01 to 0.02 23.64 < .001
Group × (time + time2) b 0.34 .851 3.12 .014 3.63 .006 3.83 .004
Group × age a 3.92 .020 1.52 .221 3.96 .020 1.85 .159
Group × sex a 0.64 .529 1.11 .895 0.53 .592 1.24 .290
Time × age 0.13 −0.11 to 0.37 1.06 .287 −0.05 −0.16 to 0.05 −0.95 .343 −0.09 −0.23 to 0.05 −1.26 .206 −0.09 −0.19 to 0.01 −1.85 .064
Time2 × age 0.09 −0.14 to 0.32 0.79 .427 4.07e−03 −0.10 to 0.10 0.08 .936 −0.01 −0.14 to 0.13 −0.10 .921 −0.06 −0.16 to 0.04 −1.16 .248
Time × sex −0.14 −0.59 to 0.32 −0.59 .554 0.08 −0.11 to 0.27 0.84 .402 0.02 −0.23 to 0.28 0.18 .857 0.18 −3.65e−3 to 0.37 1.92 .055
Time2 × sex 0.01 −0.45 to 0.47 0.06 .952 −0.12 −0.32 to 0.07 −1.24 .215 −0.16 −0.43 to 0.12 −1.12 .262 −0.13 −0.33 to 0.06 −1.33 .185
Group × (time + time2) × age b 0.33 .861 0.65 .627 0.55 .702 1.70 .148
Group × (time + time2) × sex b 0.65 .630 1.88 .112 0.49 .743 2.90 .021
Random effects
ICC 0.35 0.76 0.68 0.68
Observations 1566 1397 1566 1570
Marginal R 2/conditional R 2 0.179/0.468 0.179/0.801 0.149/0.728 0.158/0.732

Note: Effect sizes, that is, Cohen's d (95% CI), for the pairwise comparisons between the symptoms groups are reported in Table S3. *Uncorrected p‐values reported. Bolded = uncorrected p <.05; bolded/italic = FDR corrected p < .05.

a

df = 2.

b

df = 4.