Iron Deposition Is Positively Related to Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Chronic Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Assessment with Susceptibility Weighted Imaging

Table 2

Comparison of angle radian values in 15 brain regions between mTBI group and control group.

	mTBI		Controls		value	value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Brain region
L, head of caudate nucleus		0.8224		0.8223	480.453	<0.001
R, head of caudate nucleus		0.8223		0.4298	111.287	<0.001
L, lenticular nucleus		1.0171		0.4298	124.104	<0.001
R, lenticular nucleus		0.8223		0.624	1255.25	<0.001
L, happocampus		2.2719		1.721	4.397	0.039
R, happocampus		1.0905		0.632	25.886	<0.001
L, thalamus		1.4037		1.4112	0.096	0.745
R, thalamus		1.8679		1.9001	0.098	0.755
L, substantia nigra		1.6514		1.5949	1.033	0.313
R, substantia nigra		2.2027		1.6056	12.351	<0.001
L, red nucleus		2.2036		1.5068	5.014	0.028
R, red nucleus		1.5869		1.065	79.547	<0.001
Splenium of the corpus callosum (SCC)		1.9476		1.4037	8.458	0.005
L, white matter of frontal lobe		1.9091		1.8679	0.1	0.753
R, white matter of frontal lobe		1.895		1.8745	0.095	0.759

Note: asterisk indicates statistically significant comparisons.