Tract integrity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: 6–month evaluation using MR diffusion tensor imaging

Alruwaili, Ashwag R.; Pannek, Kerstin; Henderson, Robert D.; Gray, Marcus; Kurniawan, Nyoman D.; McCombe, Pamela A.

doi:10.1186/s12880-019-0319-3

BMC Medical Imaging

Table 5 Correlation of FA with clinical measures

From: Tract integrity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: 6–month evaluation using MR diffusion tensor imaging

ROI	ALSFRS-R (Baseline scan)		ALSFRS-R (6– month scan)		Disease duration (Baseline scan)		Disease duration (6– month scan)
ROI	Pearson Correlation	p-value (2–tailed)	Pearson Correlation	p-value (2–tailed)	Pearson Correlation	p-value (2–tailed)	Pearson Correlation	p-value (2–tailed)
Rt.CR	−0.270	0.250	0.287	0.282	− 0.362	0.090	−0.317	0.141
Lt.CR	− 0.236	0.317	0.308	0.246	−0.249	0.253	− 0.195	0.372
Rt.ML	0.103	0.667	0.142	0.600	− 0.120	0.586	0.047	0.830
Lt.ML	0.008	0.972	0.206	0.444	−0.118	0.592	− 0.069	0.755
Rt.PLIC	− 0.178	0.453	− 0.048	0.860	0.069	0.753	−0.179	0.414
Lt.PLIC	−0.127	0.595	−0.141	0.601	−0.041	0.852	−0.255	0.239
Pons	−0.134	0.574	−0.183	0.497	−0.064	0.772	−0.298	0.168
Rt.FMi	−0.649	0.002	−0.173	0.521	−0.354	0.098	−0.378	0.076
Lt.FMi	−0.560	0.010	−0.051	0.851	−0.342	0.110	−0.396	0.061
gCC	−0.542	0.014	0.185	0.493	− 0.203	0.352	−0.180	0.410
bCC	−0.232	0.325	−0.012	0.966	−0.169	0.442	−0.207	0.344
sCC	−0.372	0.106	−0.272	0.308	−0.138	0.530	−0.271	0.211
Rt.ILF	−0.594	0.006	−0.266	0.319	−0.404	0.056	−0.431	0.040
Lt.ILF	−0.597	0.005	− 0.088	0.745	−0.333	0.120	−0.435	0.038
Rt.SLF	−0.399	0.081	0.123	0.650	−0.325	0.130	−0.333	0.120
Lt.SLF	−0.389	0.090	0.271	0.311	−0.245	0.261	−0.315	0.143
Rt.Cg	−0.333	0.152	0.091	0.736	−0.236	0.278	−0.310	0.150
Lt.Cg	−0.373	0.105	−0.063	0.815	−0.196	0.370	−0.178	0.417
Rt.Hpc	0.123	0.605	−0.103	0.704	0.132	0.547	−0.007	0.976
Lt.Hpc	−0.223	0.346	−0.217	0.419	−0.056	0.799	−0.276	0.202
Rt.ALIC	−0.349	0.132	0.130	0.632	−0.596	0.003	−0.535	0.009
Lt.ALIC	−0.381	0.098	0.115	0.671	−0.441	0.035	−0.399	0.059

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