From: Study of white matter integrity in fathers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) Fractional anisotropy (FA) | All fathers (n = 100) | Test | P value | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ADHD fathers (n = 60) | Non ADHD fathers (n = 40) | |||||||
Average mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | |||
Right anterior corona radiata | .35 | .05 | .34 | .34 | .13 | .38 | 2.472 | 0.013* |
Left anterior corona radiata | .37 | .02 | .38 | .29 | .12 | .34 | 4.411 | < 0.001** |
Right anterior thalamic radiation | .48 | .05 | .48 | .40 | .16 | .43 | 3.175 | < 0.001 ** |
Left anterior thalamic radiation | .50 | .03 | .51 | .39 | .15 | .43 | 7.055 | < 0.001 ** |
Right superior longitudinal fasciculus | .44 | .04 | .45 | .43 | .04 | .41 | 2.646 | < 0.008 * |
Left superior longitudinal fasiculus | .49 | .02 | .49 | .50 | .04 | .51 | 1.411 | 0.158 |
Right posterior corona radiata | .41 | .06 | .40 | .44 | .06 | .47 | 3.970 | <0.001 |
Left posterior corona radiata | .43 | .06 | .42 | .42 | .08 | .42 | .265 | 0.791 |
Right middle cerebellar peduncle | .46 | .09 | .45 | .45 | .07 | .45 | 1.058 | 0.290 |
Left middle cerebellar peduncle | .48 | .07 | .49 | .48 | .06 | .45 | .882 | 0.378 |
Right superior corona radiata | .46 | .03 | .46 | .45 | .02 | .46 | 1.587 | 0.112 |
Left superior corona radiata | .45 | .03 | .45 | .49 | .03 | .48 | 5.115 | < 0.001 |