Table 2 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 groups along the study cohort

E1

 At

1.721 ± 0.288

1.826 ± 0.255

= 0.416

 Above

1.782 ± 0.322

1.889 ± 0.214

= 0.355

 Below

1.732 ± 0.241

1.887 ± 0.300

= 0.306

 p value**

= 0.444

= 0.449

E2

 At

1.048 ± 0.283

0.972 ± 0.105

= 0.596

 Above

0.703 ± 0.126

0.807 ± 0.113

= 0.163

 Below

0.909 ± 0.285

0.885 ± 0.219

= 0.946

 p value**

= 0.035

= 0.006

E3

 At

0.778 ± 0.213

0.700 ± 0.165

= 0.582

 Above

0.454 ± 0.126

0.538 ± 0.117

= 0.052

 Below

0.543 ± 0.136

0.606 ± 0.181

= 0.391

 p value**

= 0.016

= 0.047