Table 5: Mean comparison of optic radiation parameters between healthy subjects and MS patients.

Variable

Healthy subjects

MS

t

P

Number of fibres

703.50

348.35

-3.52128

0.00*

Mean longitude

67.95

64.03

-0.59472

0.55

Diameter

24.49

19.12

-2.25740

0.03*

Volume

36135.18

19286.69

-2.78815

0.01*

Total area

75988.13

34552.61

-4.28540

0.00*

Irregularity

9.69

15.71

-2.29991

0.03*

FA

0.40

0.39

0.39752

0.69

MD

0.90

0.95

2.40932

0.02*

AD

1.28

1.38

2.18533

0.03*

RD

0.73

0.71

1.04583

0.30