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Table 7 Mean values of fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity in diabetics according to glycemic control (n = 30)

From: Association between microstructural white matter abnormalities and cognitive functioning in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a diffusion tensor imaging study

		HbA1c			F	p
		Good control (n = 8) Mean ± SD	Moderate control (n = 11) Mean ± SD	Poor control (n = 11) Mean ± SD	F	p
SLF FA	Right	0.45 ± 0.05	0.40 ± 0.09	0.43 ± 0.55	1.360	0.274
SLF FA	Left	0.42 ± 0.04	0.39 ± 0.08	0.40 ± 0.06	0.445	0.645
ILF FA	Right	0.50 ± 0.09	0.43 ± 0.08	0.35 ± 0.02	12.761	< 0.001**
ILF FA	Left	0.50 ± 0.10	0.40 ± 0.08	0.30 ± 0.02	17.329	< 0.001**
UNC FA	Right	0.50 ± 0.12	0.43 ± 0.10	0.37 ± 0.05	4.655	0.018**
UNC FA	Left	0.49 ± 0.09	0.38 ± 0.08	0.33 ± 0.04	11.676	< 0.001**
CCS FA	Right	0.51 ± 0.07	0.44 ± 0.08	0.38 ± 0.03	9.859	0.001**
CCS FA	Left	0.50 ± 0.10	0.38 ± 0.08	0.33 ± 0.03	13.326	< 0.001**
CCG FA	Right	0.50 ± 0.09	0.42 ± 0.08	0.38 ± 0.05	6.132	0.006**
CCG FA	Left	0.51 ± 0.10	0.38 ± 0.08	0.33 ± 0.05	12.322	< 0.001**
SLF MD	Right	0.72 ± 0.01	0.80 ± 0.08	0.76 ± 0.09	4.627	0.01*
SLF MD	Left	0.69 ± 0.05	0.79 ± 0.07	0.84 ± 0.08	9.98	0.001*
ILF MD	Right	0.70 ± 0.08	0.76 ± 0.05	0.81 ± 0.02	11.095	< 0.001**
ILF MD	Left	0.70 ± 0.08	0.79 ± 0.06	0.87 ± 0.03	20.673	< 0.001**
UNC MD	Right	0.68 ± 0.08	0.73 ± 0.05	0.82 ± 0.03	16.769	< 0.001**
UNC MD	Left	0.70 ± 0.08	0.77 ± 0.06	0.85 ± 0.01	16.986	< 0.001**
CCS MD	Right	0.69 ± 0.06	0.73 ± 0.04	0.82 ± 0.02	23.197	< 0.001**
CCS MD	Left	0.70 ± 0.04	0.78 ± 0.06	0.83 ± 0.05	15.354	< 0.001**
CCG MD	Right	0.71 ± 0.02	0.74 ± 0.04	0.82 ± 0.03	27.863	< 0.001**
CCG MD	Left	0.72 ± 0.02	0.77 ± 0.05	0.86 ± 0.03	35.023	< 0.001**

F F for ANOVA test, p p value for comparing between the different categories
**Highly statistically significant at p ≤ 0.01
*Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05
UNC uncinate, SLF superior longitudinal fasciculus, ILF inferior longitudinal fasciculus, CCS corpus callosum splenium, CCG corpus callosum genu, FA fractional aniostropy, MD mean diffusivity

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