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Table 6 Comparison of global topographic parameters between TN wNVC and TN woNVC compared with HC

From: Gray and white matter abnormalities in primary trigeminal neuralgia with and without neurovascular compression

Network measures

TN wNVC

TN woNVC

HC

Mean ± SD

p-value

Mean ± SD

p-value

Mean clustering coefficient

0.2867 ± 0.0085

0.3486

0.2883 ± 0.0087

0.9256

0.2881 ± 0.0041

Characteristic path length

4.2004 ± 0.2313

0.0022

3.6647 ± 0.5478

0.2681

3.8229 ± 0.5431

Small-worldness

0.1891 ± 0.0076

0.1093

0.1825 ± 0.0135

0.0009

0.1932 ± 0.0108

Global efficiency

0.7954 ± 0.1112

0.0068

0.9259 ± 0.1101

0.0027

0.8570 ± 0.0699

Local efficiency

1.1535 ± 0.1615

0.0235

1.7174 ± 0.5502

0.0013

1.3385 ± 0.3635