Table 2 Differences of the network measures between the groups, which shows altered global structural network in patients with occipital lobe epilepsy
From: Structural brain network analysis in occipital lobe epilepsy
Network measures | Healthy controls (N = 42) | Patients with occipital lobe epilepsy (N = 23) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Difference | 95% CI | p-value | |
Assortativity coefficient | -0.08144 | 0.00820 | -0.08643 | 0.00811 | -0.00499 | -0.00920 to -0.00076 | *0.0214 |
Mean clustering coefficient | 0.00649 | 0.00081 | 0.00617 | 0.00028 | -0.00033 | -0.00059 to -0.00005 | *0.0203 |
Global efficiency | 0.03532 | 0.00788 | 0.03153 | 0.00339 | -0.00380 | -0.00659 to -0.00099 | *0.0086 |
Characteristic path length | 53.46840 | 8.45370 | 59.27240 | 8.75710 | 5.80390 | 1.31880 to 10.28900 | *0.0120 |
Small-worldness index | 0.00013 | 0.00005 | 0.00011 | 0.00002 | -0.00002 | -0.00003 to -0.00000 | *0.0175 |