Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 2 DTI parameters of the corpus callosum, cingulum, fornix, anterior thalamic radiation, AF, ILF, IFOF, and UF in the studied groups

From: Application of diffusion tensor imaging in Alzheimer’s disease: quantification of white matter microstructural changes

	Study group (n= 16)	Control group (n= 16)	P
Corpus callosum genu FA MD	0.52 ± 0.04 0.91 ± 0.09	0.53 ± 0.03 0.87 ± 0.10	0.43 0.30
Body FA MD	0.53 ± 0.04 0.94 ± 0.24	0.55 ± 0.05 0.91 ± 0.16	0.34 0.57
Splenium FA MD	0.56 ± 0.14 1.05 ± 0.19	0.61 ± 0.05 0.92 ± 0.22	0.15 0.03
Right cingulum FA MD	0.45 ± 0.02 0.85 ± 0.04	0.47 ± 0.03 0.83 ± 0.06	0.01 0.29
Left cingulum FA MD	0.45 ± 0.03 0.86 ± 0.05	0.49 ± 0.04 0.82 ± 0.06	0.01 0.07
Right FNX FA MD	0.33 ± 0.05 1.49 ± 0.40	0.36 ± 0.04 1.45 ± 0.23	0.14 0.77
Left FNX FA MD	0.34 ± 0.04 1.60 ± 0.38	0.36 ± 0.04 1.50 ± 0.28	0.22 0.47
Right ATR FA MD	0.43 ± 0.04 0.91 ± 0.17	0.44 ± 0.05 0.82 ± 0.08	0.61 0.07
Left ATR FA MD	0.43 ± 0.04 0.89 ± 0.08	0.45 ± 0.05 0.83 ± 0.12	0.14 0.09
Right AF FA MD	0.45 ± 0.02 0.83 ± 0.04	0.46 ± 0.02 0.79 ± 0.04	0.34 0.01
Left AF FA MD	0.46 ± 0.02 0.81 ± 0.05	0.47 ± 0.03 0.79 ± 0.04	0.47 0.29
Right ILF FA MD	0.45 ± 0.03 0.89 ± 0.04	0.47 ± 0.03 0.90 ± 0.22	0.13 0.86
Left ILF FA MD	0.45 ± 0.04 0.88 ± 0.03	0.47 ± 0.04 0.90 ± 0.13	0.18 0.68
Right IFOF FA MD	0.46 ± 0.02 0.91 ± 0.07	0.46 ± 0.03 0.85 ± 0.04	0.80 0.01
Left IFOF FA MD	0.47 ± 0.03 0.89 ± 0.06	0.48 ± 0.02 0.83 ± 0.04	0.23 0.01
Right UF FA MD	0.38 ± 0.02 0.92 ± 0.04	0.39 ± 0.03 0.87 ± 0.05	0.28 0.01
Left UF FA MD	0.37 ± 0.03 0.88 ± 0.21	0.39 ± 0.03 0.90 ± 0.10	0.11 0.79

Data expressed as mean (SD). P value was significant if < 0.05
FA fractional anisotropy, MD mean diffusivity, DTI diffusion tensor imaging, FNX fornix, ATR anterior thalamic radiation, AF arcuate fasciculus, ILF inferior longitudinal fasciculus, IFOF inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, UF uncinate fasiculus

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