Table 2 Statistical analysis of qMRI parameters fat fraction (FatFr), water-T2 mapping (T2), fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), radial diffusivity (RD) and λ1.

From: Muscle diffusion MRI reveals autophagic buildup in a mouse model for Pompe disease

Muscle

tp

FatFr

T2

FA

MD

RD

λ1

Anova

Anova

Anova

T-test

Anova

T-test

Anova

T-test

Anova

F-val

p-val

F-val

p-val

F-val

p-val

p-val

F-val

p-val

p-val

F-val

p-val

p-val

F-val

p-val

Quadriceps

t0

3.00

0.09

0.00

0.95

9.80

 < 0.01

0.458

3.53

0.06

-

7.19

0.01

0.074

0.17

0.68

t1

0.002

 < 0.001

t2

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

t3

 < 0.001

0.003

t4

0.003

 < 0.001

t5

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

t6

0.001

 < 0.001

t7

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Hamstrings

t0

0.67

0.42

0.53

0.47

14.53

 < 0.01

0.131

6.58

0.01

0.296

12.13

 < 0.01

0.137

0.17

0.68

t1

0.108

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

t2

0.007

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

t3

0.003

0.005

 < 0.001

t4

 < 0.001

0.005

 < 0.001

t5

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

t6

0.002

 < 0.001

0.001

t7

 < 0.001

0.002

 < 0.001

Gastro. + Soleus

t0

0.01

0.92

0.00

0.98

7.49

0.01

0.319

7.50

0.01

0.810

9.41

 < 0.01

0.593

3.19

0.08

t1

0.010

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

t2

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

t3

0.002

0.011

0.006

t4

0.004

0.002

0.002

t5

0.021

0.005

0.008

t6

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

t7

 < 0.001

0.002

 < 0.001

Tibialis anterior

t0

0.00

0.97

0.03

0.86

13.61

 < 0.01

0.041

11.48

 < 0.01

0.574

16.95

 < 0.01

0.273

3.43

0.07

t1

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

t2

0.002

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

t3

 < 0.001

0.009

 < 0.001

t4

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

t5

0.014

0.026

0.022

t6

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

t7

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

  1. When two-way ANOVA (timepoint, group) was significant, t-tests were carried out.