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Table 2 Comparison of MD findings between cases with & without trauma

From: Altered diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters in brain parenchyma after traumatic brain injury

MD

 

No trauma n = 6

Trauma n = 24

Student t test

p value

SLF

Right

0.726 ± 0.099

0.798 ± 0.061

2.29

0.03*

Left

0.768 ± 0.17

0.835 ± 0.139

1.03

0.314

AF

Right

0.769 ± 0.08

0.806 ± 0.0499

1.39

0.175

Left

0.802 ± 0.085

0.797 ± 0.069

0.153

0.879

Genu

Right

0.407 ± 0.267

0.809 ± 0.081

6.53

< 0.001*

Left

0.633 ± 0.07

0.842 ± 0.111

4.35

< 0.001*

Splenium

Right

0.677 ± 0.065

0.836 ± 0.075

4.72

< 0.001*

Left

0.630 ± 0.039

0.814 ± 0.082

4.58

< 0.001*

ILF

Right

0.835 ± 0.073

0.824 ± 0.079

0.311

0.758

Left

0.805 ± 0.03

0.867 ± 0.083

1.78

0.086

CS

Right

0.669 ± 0.07

0.797 ± 0.094

3.14

0.004*

Left

0.639 ± 0.056

0.803 ± 0.097

3.96

< 0.001*

  1. Parameters described as mean ± SD
  2. *Statistically significant