Table 2: Mean comparison of CST parameters between healthy subjects and ALS patients.

Variable

Healthy subjects

ALS

T

P

Number of fibres

1638.5

1118.0

2.46107

0.03*

Mean longitude

67.1

66.6

0.14549

0.88

Diameter

65007.4

40077.3

2.32762

0.03*

Irregularity

14.6

17.0

0.55733

0.58

FA

0.4

0.4

-0.96036

0.35

MD

0.9

0.9

-0.38089

0.71

AD

1.3

1.3

-0.59265

0.56

RD

0.7

0.6

0.45364

0.65