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Table 3 Fractional anisotropy (FA) values in newborns compared with final outcome after 1 year

From: Can diffusion tensor imaging predict cerebral palsy in term neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy?

Outcome at 1 year

FA values of the newborns at first examination

Centrum semiovale

PLIC

Genu of CC

Splenium of CC

OWM

Optic radiation

Right

Left

Right

Left

Normal outcome (17)

0.27 ± 0.02

0.28 ± 0.03

0.45 ± 0.02

0.46 ± .02

0.54 ± 0.02

0.56 ± 0.02

0.23 ± 0.01

0.30 ± 0.01

Cerebral palsy (16)

0.18 ± 0.04

0.20 ± 0.04

0.35–0.03

0.36 ± 0.04

0.45 ± 0.08

0.46 ± 0.09

0.22 ± 0.04

0.29 ± 0.04

Test of significance, p value

Z(MW) = 4.304, p = 0.000*

Z(MW) = 4.022, p = 0.000*

Z(MW) = 4.862, p = 0.000*

Z(MW) = 4.378, p = 0.000*

Z(MW) = 2.937, p = 0.003*

Z(MW) = 3.112, p = 0.002*

Z(MW) = 0.605, p = 0.576 NS

Z(MW) = 0.805, p = 0.455 NS

  1. Data are expressed as mean (SD), Mann-Whitney U test
  2. CC corpus callosum, FA fractional anisotropy, OWM occipital white matter, PLIC posterior limb of internal capsule, NS statistically not significant (p > 0.05)
  3. *Statistically significant (p < 0.05)