Table 4b: Regression summary for dependent variable: Number of tract on ALS patients in relation with (b) ALSFRS-R score.

Left corticospinal tract

R = 0.48232575 R2 = 0.23263813 Adjusted R2 = ----- F (1,3) = 0.90950 p < 0.41060 Std Error of estimate: 352.86

 

b

Std Error

t

P

ALSFRS-R score

382.22

1258.75

0.30

0.78

Right corticospinal tract

R = 0.68003288 R2 = 0.046244472 Adjusted R2 = 0.28325963 F (1,3) = 2.5808 p < 0.20652 Std Error of estimate: 222.95

 

b

Std Error

t

p

ALSFRS-R score

5578

17.00

3.27

0.04*

Left Arcuate fascicle

R = 0.34705073 R2 = 0.12044421 Adjusted R2 = ----- F (1,3) = 0.41081 p < 0.56716 Std Error of estimate: 292.37

 

b

Std Error

t

p

ALSFRS-R score

846.19

1042.95

0.81

0.47

Right Arcuate fascicle

R = 0.47990701 R2 = 0.23031073 Adjusted R2 = ----- F (1,3) = 0.89768 p < 0.41330 Std Error of estimate: 264.55

 

b

Std Error

t

p

ALSFRS-R score

71.77

795.30

-0.09

0.93

Left optic radiation

R = 0.06038905 R2 = 0.00364684 Adjusted R2 = ----- F (1,3) = 0.01098 p < 0.92316 Std Error of estimate: 485.29

 

b

Std Error

t

p

ALSFRS-R score

572.02

1731.13

0.33

0.76

Right optic radiation

R = 0.47990701 R2 = 0.23031073 Adjusted R2 = ----- F (1,3) = 0.89768 p < 0.41330 Std Error of estimate: 264.55

 

b

Std Error

t

p

ALSFRS-R score

1520.27

943.71

1.61

0.20

Notice it diminishes when ALSFRS-R score is worse on right cortico-spinal tract. It is not significate on the rest of evaluated tracts