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Table 3 Comparison of MD values (×10−4mm2s−1) of normal white matter or WMH with same Fazekas scale in different regions

From: Diffusion tensor imaging revealed different pathological processes of white matter hyperintensities

 

pFL

Mean ± SD

pOL

Mean ± SD

pPL

Mean ± SD

dCO

Mean ± SD

p-value

Effect Size (η2)

Normal white matter

5.48 ± 0.58

5.62 ± 0.48

5.11 ± 0.40

4.69 ± 0.31**

< 0.001

0.436

WMH of Fazekas scale 1

9.87 ± 0.57

8.03 ± 0.84**

6.59 ± 0.55**

7.08 ± 0.71**

< 0.001

0.762

WMH of Fazekas scale 2

10.81 ± 0.56

8.25 ± 0.96**

7.13 ± 1.05**

7.55 ± 0.47**

< 0.001

0.797

WMH of Fazekas scale 3

11.48 ± 0.71

9.81 ± 1.00**

8.28 ± 0.68**

8.20 ± 0.66**

< 0.001

0.691

  1. pFL periventricular frontal lobe, pOL periventricular occipital lobe, pPL periventricular parietal lobe, dCO deep centrum ovale. There was significant difference compared with pFL, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001