Table 1 Repeated-measures ANOVA test comparing the difference in the calculated mean of different DTI metrics within the same group of pathology and between different pathology along the study cohort

FA

 At

0.420 ± 0.111

0.471 ± 0.115

= 0.150

 Above

0.626 ± 0.059

0.587 ± 0.095

= 0.272

 Below

0.528 ± 0.097

0.522 ± 0.143

= 0.859

 p value**

< 0.001

= 0.007

ADC

 At

1.176 ± 0.245

1.161 ± 0.121

= 0.978

 Above

0.980 ± 0.147

1.078 ± 0.109

= 0.080

 Below

1.058 ± 0.137

1.137 ± 0.164

= 0.477

 p value**

= 0.318

= 0.220

RA

 At

0.375 ± 0.108

0.434 ± 0.127

= 0.167

 Above

0.601 ± 0.132

0.563 ± 0.139

= 0.424

 Below

0.491 ± 0.119

0.490 ± 0.187

= 0.971

 p value**

< 0.001

= 0.012

VR

 At

0.800 ± 0.086

0.740 ± 0.116

= 0.213

 Above

0.581 ± 0.104

0.617 ± 0.104

= 0.431

 Below

0.673 ± 0.132

0.694 ± 0.164

= 0.918

 p value**

< 0.001

= 0.034