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Table 3 Comparison of DTI parameters (fractional anisotropy, FA and mean diffusivity, MD) between HCP and control groups at postnatal day 9

From: Diffusion tensor imaging correlates with cytopathology in a rat model of neonatal hydrocephalus

  

HCP (n = 5)

Control (n = 6)

Corrected p-value

CX

    
 

FA

0.16 ± 0.01

0.25 ± 0.05

<0.05*

 

MD

1.22 ± 0.07

1.17 ± 0.14

NS

CPu

    
 

FA

0.22 ± 0.07

0.21 ± 0.06

NS

 

MD

1.26 ± 0.10

1.21 ± 0.17

NS

CC

    
 

FA

0.28 ± 0.03

0.44 ± 0.07

<0.05*

 

MD

2.44 ± 0.18

1.27 ± 0.13

<0.05*

IC

    
 

FA

0.24 ± 0.03

0.28 ± 0.05

NS

 

MD

2.37 ± 0.17

1.21 ± 0.15

<0.05*

HC

    
 

FA

0.2 ± 0.04

0.17 ± 0.04

NS

 

MD

1.25 ± 0.04

0.94 ± 0.45

NS

FX

    
 

FA

0.20 ± 0.05

0.28 ± 0.03

<0.05*

 

MD

1.26 ± 0.05

1.21 ± 0.10

NS

  1. Note: * significantly different (Wilcoxon two sample test). Numbers are mean ± standard deviation. MD, is in the unit of 10-3mm2/s. NS: not significant, brain regions as for figure 2.