Anomalies in uncinate fasciculus development and social defects in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 Correlation between development of UF and Social Deficits and Abnormalities in Communication in ASD group

	ADI-R:Social Deficits		ADI-R:Social Deficits and Abnormalities in Communication
	r	p	r	p
R-UF (AD)	0.060	0.730	−0.037	0.829
L-UF (AD)	0.030	0.863	−0.033	0.849
R-UF (FA)	−0.014	0.934	−0.004	0.982
L-UF (FA)	0.210	0.219	0.217	0.203
R-UF (MD)	−0.220	0.197	−0.247	0.146
L-UF (MD)	−0.308	0.068	−0.337	0.045*
R-UF (RD)	−0.336	0.045*	−0.308	0.068
L-UF (RD)	−0.297	0.078	−0.297	0.079

ASD Autism spectrum disorder, DD Developmentally delayed, R-UF Right-uncinate fasciculus, L-UF Left-uncinate fasciculus, AD value Axial diffusivity, FA value Fractional anisotropy, MD value Mean diffusivity, RD value Radial diffusivity. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01

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