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Table 3 The mean of the DKI metrics in the area of white matter and gray matter in DCM patients with a different JOA score

From: Evaluation of microstructural changes in spinal cord of patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy by diffusion kurtosis imaging and investigate the correlation with JOA score

Group

JOA score

Number

WM

GM

FA

MD

MK

FA

MD

MK

Mild

14.5±1.74

9

0.757±0.077

1.132±0.049

1.168±0.106

0.603±0.075

1.039±0.062

1.156±0.089

Moderate

10.5±1.98

14

0.743±0.086

1.190±0.046

1.163±0.104

0.607±0.092

1.106±0.067

1.123±0.085

Severe

6.5±1.54

19

0.703±0.082

1.167±0.074

1.060±0.084

0.509±0.080

1.166±0.059

1.090±0.077

Serious

2.5±1.56

15

0.658±0.078

1.253±0.085

1.072±0.082

0.537±0.081

1.219±0.053

1.052±0.078

  1. DCM cervical spondylotic myelopathy, GM gray matter, WM white matter, FA fractional anisotropy, MD mean diffusivity, MK mean kurtosis. The units for FA and MK are dimensionless. MD values are given in 10−3 mm2/s
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BMC Neurology

ISSN: 1471-2377

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