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Table 12 Correlation between language and tract-specific measurements

From: White matter connectivity in children with autism spectrum disorders: a tract-based spatial statistics study

 

Number of streamlines

Length of streamlines

Volume

 

r value

p value

r value

p value

r value

p value

CC

.25

.25

-.06

.79

.24

.28

Cing left

-.11

.63

-.09

.67

.25

.25

Cing right

.24

.27

.14

.53

.21

.35

DAF left

.18

.41

.08

.70

.18

.42

DAF right

-.17

.45

-.08

.71

-.08

.71

IAAF left

-.06

.79

.55

.006**

.15

.48

IAAF right

.11

.63

.55

.009**

.28

.21

IPAF left

.03

.89

.14

.51

.05

.82

IPAF right

-.05

.80

-.29

.18

-.10

.64

 

Fractional anisotropy

Mean diffusivity

  
 

r value

p value

r value

p value

  

CC

.14

.53

-.58

.005**

  

Cing left

-.05

.83

-.20

.36

  

Cing right

.16

.47

-.03

.89

  

DAF left

-.04

.87

.26

.25

  

DAF right

-.002

.99

-.28

.25

  

IAAF left

.18

.42

-.48

.02*

  

IAAF right

-.18

.42

-.30

.17

  

IPAF left

.07

.75

-.29

.18

  

IPAF right

.18

.41

-.39

.07

  
 

Parallel diffusivity

Perpendicular diffusivity

  
 

r value

p value

r value

p value

  

CC

-.58

.005**

-.46

.03*

  

Cing left

.29

.19

-.16

.47

  

Cing right

.12

.60

.34

.12

  

DAF left

-.38

.08

-.21

.34

  

DAF right

.25

.29

-.17

.48

  

IAAF left

-.41

.06

-.43

.04*

  

IAAF right

.05

.82

-.33

.13

  

IPAF left

-.27

.20

-.26

.22

  

IPAF right

-.07

.74

.17

.43

  
  1. ASD: Autism Spectrum Disorder; CC: corpus callosum; Cing: cingulum; DAF: direct segment of the arcuate fasciculus; IAAF: indirect anterior segment of the arcuate fasciculus; IPAF: indirect posterior segment of the arcuate fasciculus. r: Pearson’s correlation coefficient.
  2. * Statistically significant at the threshold uncorrected p < .05.
  3. ** Significance level at the threshold uncorrected p < .01.
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