Table 3:

DTI derivate metrics in patients with MNGIE and healthy controls

ROIMD (Mean ± SD)FA (Mean ± SD)AD (Mean ± SD)RD (Mean ± SD)
PO-WM
    MNGIE1.09 ± 0.160.27 ± 0.051.40 ± 0.160.93 ± 0.16
    Controls0.79 ± 0.050.40 ± 0.021.14 ± 0.070.61 ± 0.05
    P Valuea<.0001b<.0001b.0001b<.0001b
OR
    MNGIE1.15 ± 0.200.41 ± 0.071.69 ± 0.190.88 ± 0.21
    Controls0.81 ± 0.050.59 ± 0.091.35 ± 0.120.54 ± 0.06
    P Valuea<.0001b.0003b.0002b<.0001b
PLIC
    MNGIE0.78 ± 0.060.61 ± 0.071.40 ± 0.060.47 ± 0.08
    Controls0.69 ± 0.050.70 ± 0.041.36 ± 0.110.35 ± 0.05
    P Valuea.0019b.0008b0.36.0003b
CC
    MNGIE0.88 ± 0.080.66 ± 0.061.64 ± 0.110.49 ± 0.10
    Controls0.81 ± 0.090.76 ± 0.061.72 ± 0.19.35 ± 0.08
    P Valuea.12.0012b0.37.0028b
  • Note:—OR indicates optic radiation; CC, corpus callosum.

  • a Statistical significance was set at P < .003 after Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons.

  • b Significant.