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Table 3 Comparison between FA value before and after treatment

From: Fractional anisotropy measurements of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex for therapeutic response assessment after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis patients suffering from depression

 

rTMS group

SSRI group

  

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

P value

CI 95%

At baseline

0.44 ± 0.03

0.44 ± 0.04

0.915

 

6 weeks after treatment

0.53 ± 0.05

0.45 ± 0.04

< 0.001*

(− 0.12 to − 0.05)

FA % of change

21.5% (10.9%)

3.1% (5.8%)

< 0.001*

(− 0.03 to 0.02)