Brain volumetric and white matter structural connectivity alterations in autistic children: case–control study

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 4 Comparing mean volumes of different white matter areas between TDC and ASD groups

	Mean ± SD		p value
	TDC	ASD	p value
WM volume cm³	332.7 ± 30	441.2 ± 59	0.001*
WM volume %	30.7 ± 2.6	32.6 ± 3.1	0.05*
Cerebrum WM total volume cm³	315 ± 27.9	415.4 ± 53.9	0.001*
Cerebrum WM total volume %	29.1 ± 2.4	30.7 ± 2.1	0.07
Right cerebrum WM volume cm³	158.3 ± 13.6	208.6 ± 28.6	0.001*
Right cerebrum WM volume %	14.6 ± 1.2	15.4 ± 1.6	0.09
Left cerebrum WM volume cm³	156.7 ± 14.3	206.8 ± 25.3	0.001*
Left cerebrum WM volume %	14.5 ± 1.2	15.3 ± 1.3	0.05*
Cerebellum WM total volume cm³	17.7 ± 2.4	25.8 ± 6.8	0.001*
Cerebellum WM total volume %	1.6 ± 0.2	1.9 ± 0.4	0.02*
Right cerebellum WM volume cm³	8.9 ± 1.2	13.2 ± 3.8	0.001*
Right cerebellum WM volume %	0.8 ± 0.1	0.9 ± 0.2	0.03*
Left cerebellum WM volume cm³	8.7 ± 1.2	12.6 ± 3.1	0.001*
Left Cerebellum WM volume %	0.81 ± 0.12	0.93 ± 0.19	0.02*