Table 2 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameter values in frontal white matter, posterior periventricular white matter, centrum semiovale and thalamus in patients and controls (mean ± SD)

Patients

LFWM

0.824 ± 0.095^a

0.815 ± 0.080

0.904 ± 0.107^bc

0.388 ± 0.056^a

0.374 ± 0.062

0.313 ± 0.054^bc

RFWM

0.825 ± 0.089

0.821 ± 0.088

0.831 ± 0.084

0.387 ± 0.062

0.385 ± 0.063

0.395 ± 0.063

LPPWM

0.837 ± 0.102

0.836 ± 0.096

0.839 ± 0.087

0.452 ± 0.062

0.447 ± 0.061

0.431 ± 0.063

RPPWM

0.853 ± 0.114

0.835 ± 0.094

0.822 ± 0.085

0.444 ± 0.053

0.451 ± 0.059

0.447 ± 0.053

LCS

0.766 ± 0.112

0.754 ± 0.087

0.729 ± 0.104

0.387 ± 0.058

0.381 ± 0.060

0.362 ± 0.055

RCS

0.772 ± 0.110

0.765 ± 0.098

0.783 ± 0.105

0.383 ± 0.059

0.391 ± 0.062

0.393 ± 0.064

L thalamus

0.846 ± 0.080^a

0.830 ± 0.097

0.949 ± 0.065^bc

0.338 ± 0.038

0.334 ± 0.037

0.323 ± 0.032

R thalamus

0.839 ± 0.788

0.840 ± 0.081

0.841 ± 0.083

0.344 ± 0.042

0.344 ± 0.043

0.342 ± 0.040

Controls

LFWM

0.804 ± 0.109

0.421 ± 0.057

LPPWM

0.824 ± 0.099

0.451 ± 0.057

LCS

0.764 ± 0.093

0.392 ± 0.063

L thalamus

0.836 ± 0.069

0.345 ± 0.051