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

BMC Medical Imaging

Table 6 Correlations of MD with clinical measures

ROI	ALSFRS-R (Baseline)		ALSFRS-R (6– month)		Disease duration (Baseline)		Disease duration (6– month)
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	0.468	0.037	0.088	0.745	0.477	0.021	0.455	0.029
Lt.CR	0.493	0.027	−0.008	0.977	0.416	0.048	0.390	0.066
Rt.ML	0.144	0.544	0.241	0.368	0.035	0.873	0.094	0.669
Lt.ML	0.224	0.342	0.202	0.453	0.174	0.428	0.281	0.195
Rt.PLIC	−0.301	.198	−0.195	0.47	−0.277	.201	−.407	.054
Lt.PLIC	−0.133	.575	−0.299	.837	−.252	.247	−.240	.270
pons	0.206	0.384	0.236	0.379	−0.115	0.602	0.130	0.555
Rt.FMi	0.530	0.016	0.212	0.430	0.351	0.101	0.344	0.109
Lt.FMi	0.651	0.0028	0.257	0.337	0.474	0.022	0.474	0.022
gCC	0.508	0.022	0.313	0.238	0.266	0.219	0.285	0.188
bCC	0.313	0.179	−0.034	0.901	0.193	0.378	0.308	0.153
sCC	0.362	0.117	0.276	0.301	0.089	0.686	0.214	0.328
Rt.ILF	0.652	0.002	0.358	0.173	0.445	0.033	0.520	0.011
Lt.ILF	0.621	0.003	0.256	0.338	0.353	0.098	0.438	0.037
Rt.SLF	0.516	0.020	0.223	0.406	0.445	0.033	0.446	0.033
Lt.SLF	0.623	0.003	0.059	0.829	0.497	0.016	0.530	0.009
Rt.Cg	0.469	0.037	0.189	0.482	0.295	0.171	0.307	0.154
Lt.Cg	0.582	0.007	0.232	0.388	0.307	0.154	0.195	0.372
Rt.Hpc	0.310	0.183	0.417	0.108	−0.069	0.754	0.069	0.754
Lt.Hpc	0.478	0.033	0.553	0.026	−0.146	0.507	−0.001	0.995
Rt.ALIC	0.551	0.012	0.310	0.242	0.647	0.001	0.449	0.031
Lt.ALIC	0.702	0.001	0.311	0.241	0.459	0.027	0.602	0.002

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