From: Diagnostic evaluation of patients with disorders of consciousness with diffusion tensor imaging
Group | Number of cases | Brainstem | Thalamus | Subcortex | |||
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FA value | MD value | FA value | MD value | FA value | MD value | ||
UWS | 66 | 0.164 ± 0.0619 | 0.0012 ± 0.0003 | 0.1996 ± 0.0650a1 | 0.0019 ± 0.0003 | 0.2055 ± 0.0781a1 | 0.0015 ± 0.0003 b2 |
MCS | 9 | 0.2150 ± 0.0434 | 0.0010 ± 0.0002 | 0.2457 ± 0.0591 a1 | 0.0016 ± 0.0004b1 | 0.2639 ± 0.0388a1 | 0.0013 ± 0.0003 |
t value | 2.386 | 1.936 | 1.999 | 2.701 | 2.197 | 2.011 | |
P value | 0.020 | 0.047 | 0.049 | 0.009 | 0.031 | 0.048 |