Table 4:

FA histogram parameters*

PercentileMeanSDSkewnessKurtosis
25th50th75th
Controls0.155 ± 0.0120.241 ± 0.0210.356 ± 0.0260.285 ± 0.0180.190 ± 0.0091.97 ± 0.178.59 ± 0.86
PD Patients0.166 ± 0.0130.256 ± 0.0230.377 ± 0.0300.297 ± 0.0200.190 ± 0.0061.87 ± 0.208.14 ± 0.95
ART-PD0.172 ± 0.0150.265 ± 0.0260.386 ± 0.0310.303 ± 0.0220.190 ± 0.0081.82 ± 0.167.98 ± 0.85
TDT-PD0.164 ± 0.0120.253 ± 0.0200.377 ± 0.0280.296 ± 0.0170.191 ± 0.0041.86 ± 0.218.01 ± 0.97
  • Note:—TDT indicates tremor-dominant type; ART, akinetic-rigid type.

  • * FA values (unitless) are reported as mean ± SD.

  • Significantly different (P ≤ .01) with respect to control subjects.

  • Trend for an increase/decrease (.01 < P ≤ .05) with respect to control subjects.