Table 3:

Summary of mean diffusivity values (in mm2/s) measured in vCJD patients, sCJD patients, and controls for each ROI at b = 3000 s/mm2 with P values from post hoc comparisons

GroupSPCPDMPuFWM
(A) vCJD524.5 (87.7)554.8 (69.4)530.3 (49.7)584.7 (48.1)603.2 (59.0)556.6 (23.7)
(B) sCJD493.9 (87.9)478.4 (27.5)477.1 (77.8)485.8 (87.4)539.5 (39.9)
(C) Control484.1 (19.9)628.3 (15.4)594.8 (8.8)627.3 (13.1)625.4 (10.6)528.3 (41.4)
A versus CP = .652P = .063P = .156P = .460P = .432P = .444
A versus BP = .800P = .068P = .302P = .050P = .759
B versus CP = .977P = .001P = .014P = .007P = .885
  • Note:b = 3000 s/mm2 (group averages for 4 vCJD and 5 sCJD patients). All data are expressed as mean values with SD in parentheses. Significant P values are in bold.