Diffusion tensor imaging differences relate to memory deficits in diffuse traumatic brain injury

BMC Neurology

Table 4 Differences between groups in mean FA from the whole skeletonised brain and the ROIs

	TBI	group	Control	group	t (p values)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
FA global	0.360	0.280	0.423	0.018	-7.43 (< 0.001)
FA CC	0.410	0.460	0.510	0.024	-7.04 (< 0.001)
FA SLF	0.364	0.026	0.421	0.018	-7.02 (< 0.001)
FA ILF	0.045	0.003	0.052	0.002	-7.23 (< 0.001)
FA IFO	0.390	0.031	0.456	0.018	-7.45 (< 0.001)
FA fornix	0.316	0.030	0.396	0.022	-8.05 (< 0.001)
FA cingulum	0.401	0.048	0.493	0.032	-6.16 (< 0.001)
FA arcuate	0.373	0.027	0.430	0.018	-6.05 (< 0.001)
FA uncinate	0.351	0.032	0.403	0.019	-5.34 (< 0.001)

TBI: Traumatic Brain Injury; FA: fractional anisotropy; CC: corpus callosum; SLF: superior longitudinal fasciculi; ILF: inferior longitudinal fasciculi; IFO: inferior fronto-occipital fasciculi.

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