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Table 2 Univariate and multivariate analyses of the FA values in the different ROIs according to socio-demographic, clinical characteristics and CR

From: Right fronto-insular white matter tracts link cognitive reserve and pain in migraine patients

  

ANOVA

MANOVA

  

Anterior Insula

Cingulate gyrus

Uncinate gyrus

Left

Right

 

N

Left

Right

Left

Right

Left

Right

Wilks’ Lambda /F

p-value

Wilks’ Lambda/F

p-value

  

\( \overline{x}(sd) \)

\( \overline{x}(sd) \)

\( \overline{x}\ (sd) \)

\( \overline{x}\ (sd) \)

\( \overline{x}\ (sd) \)

\( \overline{x}(sd) \)

Total

 

0.64 (0.05)

0.60 (0.06)

0.75 (0.04)

0.73 (0.05)

0.66 (0.03)

0.68 (0.04)

    

Sex

    

** (0.0322)

  

0.988/0.19

0.9036

0.873/2.32

0.0870

 - Male

5

0.63 (0.05)

0.60 (0.05)

0.75 (0.05)

0.69 (0.04)

0.66 (0.04)

0.66 (0.06)

    

 - Female

47

0.64 (0.05)

0.60 (0.06)

0.75 (0.04)

0.74 (0.05)

0.67 (0.04)

0.69 (0.03)

    

Assessment at baseline and 3 months

   

*(0.1793)

*(0.0987)

  

0.924/0.63

0.7068

0.908/0.77

0.5929

 - Controls

15

0.65 (0.05)

0.61 (0.05)

0.76 (0.04)

0.75 (0.04)

0.67 (0.03)

0.69 (0.02)

    

 - Episodics

19

0.64 (0.04)

0.59 (0.07)

0.74 (0.04)

0.74 (0.05)

0.66 (0.03)

0.68 (0.03)

    

 - Chronic migraneurs

18

0.63 (0.05)

0.59 (0.06)

0.75 (0.05)

0.71 (0.05)

0.66 (0.04)

0.68 (0.05)

    

Assessment at 6 months

 

*(0.0645)

**(0.0457)

**(0.0274)

**(0.0170)

*(0.0645)

**(0.0274)

0.666/3.34

0.0400

0.640/3.75

0.0276

 - Controls

15

0.65 (0.05)

0.61 (0.05)

0.76 (0.04)

0.75 (0.04)

0.67 (0.03)

0.69 (0.02)

    

 - LTCM

9

0.61 (0.05)

0.57 (0.05)

0.72 (0.04)

0.70 (0.04)

0.64 (0.04)

0.65 (0.05)

    

Preventive therapy

 

** (0.0115)

* (0.1261)

* (0.1358)

** (0.0470)

** (0.0420)

* (0.1192)

0.851/2.79

0.0502

0.915/1.49

0.2288

 - No

33

0.65 (0.04)

0.61 (0.06)

0.75 (0.04)

0.74 (0.04)

0.67 (0.03)

0.69 (0.03)

    

 - Yes

19

0.62 (0.05)

0.59 (0.05)

0.74 (0.04)

0.72 (0.05)

0.65 (0.04)

0.67 (0.04)

    

Cognitive reserve

  

** (0.0097)

** (0.0402)

** (0.0202)

 

* (0.1497)

0.731/1.71

0.0940

0.673/2.20

0.0268

 - ≤11

13

0.63 (0.06)

0.59 (0.04)

0.76 (0.04)

0.72 (0.05)

0.66 (0.03)

0.67 (0.04)

    

 - 12–15

13

0.63 (0.05)

0.56 (0.07)

0.72 (0.05)

0.71 (0.04)

0.66 (0.04)

0.67 (0.04)

    

 - 16–18

15

0.65 (0.04)

0.63 (0.03)

0.75 (0.03)

0.76 (0.04)

0.67 (0.03)

0.70 (0.03)

    

 - >18

11

0.65 (0.05)

0.62 (0.06)

0.77 (0.02)

0.74 (0.05)

0.68 (0.04)

0.69 (0.03)

    
  1. \( \overline{x}\ (sd) \): Mean (standard deviation). N Frequency. ** Statistical significance p < 0.05. * 0.05 < p-value ≤ 0.20. LTCM Long-Term Chronic Migraneurs