Research Article
Predictors of Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Prolonged Consciousness Disorder
Table 4
Comparison of diffusion tensor parameters and consciousness disorders.
| Diffusion parameters | First scan | Second scan | values | Mean | Standard deviation | Mean | Standard deviation |
| Kohnan score | 58.86 | 12.30 | 48.71 | 22.69 | 0.001 | GSCE | 2.14 | 0.36 | 2.29 | 0.47 | 0.157 | Fractional anisotropy | 0.24 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.006 | Number of voxels with a fractional anisotropy value greater than 0.4 in the whole brain | 43715.14 | 20913.55 | 33036.07 | 10413.59 | 0.003 | Mean diffusivity (MD) [×10−3 mm2/s] | 1.47 | 0.15 | 1.47 | 0.01 | 0.993 | Axial diffusivity (AD) [×10−3 mm2/s] | 1.82 | 0.18 | 1.79 | 0.15 | 0.506 | Radial diffusivity (RD) [×10−3 mm2/s] | 1.30 | 0.14 | 1.31 | 0.13 | 0.65 |
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Wilcoxon rank test.
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