Table 4 Cluster-level differences in FA and related metrics after 5 years of medication treatment compared to baseline for the treatable AVH group.

From: Common and unique white matter fractional anisotropy patterns in patients with schizophrenia with medication-resistant auditory verbal hallucinations: a retrospective tract-based spatial statistics study

 

Baseline

Five years later

P

n

n = 67

n = 67

 

Mean FA of clusters with significant group differences in FA

0.50 ± 0.06

0.67 ± 0.04

<0.001a

Mean AD of clusters with significant group differences in FA

0.83 ± 0.04(10−3)

0.92 ± 0.02(10−3)

<0.001a

Mean RD of clusters with significant group differences in FA

0.40 ± 0.01(10−3)

0.59 ± 0.05(10−3)

<0.001a

Mean MD of clusters with significant group differences in FA

0.45 ± 0.02(10−3)

0.72 ± 0.08(10−3)

<0.001a

  1. aMann–Whitney U-test.