Table 3:

Correlation coefficients between DTI metrics, obtained with the direct outlining method, other MRI metrics, and clinical scores in all patients with MS

	Age	DD	EDSS	MSFC	T2-LL	Volume
Caudate
T2-LL	0.230	0.413^**	0.250	−0.256	–	–
MD	−0.180	0.028	−0.247	0.413^*	−0.094	0.150
FA	0.346^*	0.417^**	0.444^**	−0.495^**	0.611^***	−0.712^***
Volume	−0.373^*	−0.315^*	−0.223	0.366^*	−0.481^**	–
Thalamus
MD	−0.247	−0.039	0.043	0.176	0.014	0.100
FA	0.223	0.255	0.362^*	−0.410^*	0.354^*	−0.407^**
Volume	−0.019	−0.202	−0.399^**	0.078	−0.369^*	–

Note:—Significant P values:
↵* P < .05;
↵** P < .01;
↵*** P < .001