Table 2 Differences in the structural connectivity using diffusion tensor imaging between patients with focal cortical dysplasia and healthy controls

Network measures

Patients with focal cortical dysplasia (N = 37)

Healthy controls (N = 35)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Difference

p-value

Mean clustering coefficient

0.218

0.077

0.221

0.098

0.003

0.872

Characteristic path length

4.419

0.485

4.380

0.416

-0.039

0.719

Global efficiency

1.524

0.178

1.573

0.154

0.049

0.221

Local efficiency

2.390

0.348

2.578

0.376

0.187

0.031

Small-worldness index

0.237

0.098

0.248

0.119

0.010

0.685

Transitivity

0.259

0.093

0.251

0.109

-0.008

0.742

Radius of graph

1.712

0.318

1.656

0.236

-0.056

0.399

Diameter of graph

3.227

0.605

3.097

0.407

-0.130

0.293

Assortative coefficient

0.167

0.100

0.139

0.122

-0.027

0.299

Network measures

Patients with frontal lobe epilepsy (N = 16)

Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (N = 15)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Difference

p-value

Mean clustering coefficient

0.226

0.080

0.205

0.080

-0.021

0.459

Characteristic path length

4.453

0.454

4.224

0.366

-0.228

0.135

Global efficiency

1.504

0.186

1.572

0.182

0.067

0.316

Local efficiency

2.320

0.378

2.475

0.329

0.154

0.234

Small-worldness index

0.246

0.102

0.229

0.105

-0.016

0.652

Transitivity

0.280

0.098

0.240

0.095

-0.039

0.263

Radius of graph

1.763

0.406

1.663

0.243

-0.099

0.418

Diameter of graph

3.307

0.783

3.126

0.436

-0.180

0.437

Assortative coefficient

0.152

0.113

0.164

0.092

0.011

0.764