Table 2

 Mean (SD) ratios of ischaemic lesion to contralateral normal brain for mean diffusivity (<D>R) and fractional anisotropy (FAR) in grey and white matter at each time point

Time (days)<D>RFAR
WindowMean (SD)GreyWhitepGreyWhitep
Bold type indicates a significant difference (p<0.05) between grey and white matter values at each time point.
SD, standard deviation.
<10.3 (0.3) 0.74 (0.13) 0.69 (0.14) 0.02 1.00 (0.19) 0.86 (0.13) <0.001
4–75.5 (1.1)0.79 (0.13)0.79 (0.18)0.99 0.90 (0.17) 0.54 (0.14) <0.001
10–1411.7 (1.7) 1.05 (0.19) 0.97 (0.19) 0.03 0.80 (0.22) 0.52 (0.15) <0.001
3030.0 (3.4)1.32 (0.23)1.28 (0.29)0.47 0.73 (0.26) 0.46 (0.17) <0.001
9094.5 (7.1)1.60 (0.25)1.60 (0.42)0.97 0.69 (0.20) 0.46 (0.17) <0.001