Characterization of DTI Indices in the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spinal Cord in Healthy Humans

Table 1

MD and FA values for each tissue type along each region of the cord.

	WM cluster		GM cluster		CSF cluster
	MD	FA	MD	FA	MD	FA
C	0.97±0.32	0.70±0.08^‡	1.8±0.61	0.45±0.07	3.06±1.02	0.28±0.08
T	0.96±0.32	0.71±0.08^‡	1.9±0.34	0.44±0.08	3.12±0.61^‡	0.27±0.07
L	0.87±0.32	0.65±0.08^∗†	1.7±0.34	0.44±0.08	2.72±0.33^†	0.30±0.07

Summary of MD (×10⁻³ mm²/s) and FA values measured in the cervical (C), thoracic (T), and lumbar (L) spinal cord. The symbols *, ^†, and ^‡ indicate significant differences (𝑃<0.001 uncorrected) from values measured in cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions, respectively. No significant differences were detected at 𝑃<0.05 when a Bonferroni correction was applied.