TABLE 4.
Correlations of the changes in carnitine levels and cognitive improvement in FES patients.
| Decreases in carnitines | Immediate memory (r/p) | Visuoconstructional (r/p) | Language (r/p) | Attention (r/p) | Delayed memory (r/p) | Total score (r/p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linoelaidyl carnitine | −0.16 (0.45) | 0.15 (0.49) | 0.04 (0.85) | −0.19 (0.35) | −0.12 (0.55) | −0.21 (0.32) |
| 2-Octenoylcarnitine | 0.43(0.03) | 0.28 (0.17) | −0.11 (0.61) | −0.04 (0.84) | 0.22 (0.30) | −0.01 (0.97) |
| Butyrylcarnitine | 0.10 (0.64) | 0.07 (0.74) | 0.47(0.017) | 0.26 (0.22) | 0.36 (0.08) | 0.42(0.04) |
| 11Z-Octadecenylcarnitine | −0.23 (0.27) | 0.06 (0.76) | 0.11 (0.60) | −0.35 (0.09) | −0.27 (0.20) | −0.09 (0.66) |
| 9-Decenoylcarnitine | 0.19 (0.37) | 0.08 (0.71) | −0.03 (0.90) | 0.25 (0.22) | 0.22 (0.29) | 0.19 (0.36) |
| Propionylcarnitine | −0.12 (0.58) | 0.23 (0.28) | 0.26 (0.22) | −0.02 (0.92) | −0.35 (0.09) | −0.02 (0.95) |
| L-Palmitoylcarnitine | 0.05 (0.81) | 0.24 (0.26) | 0.03 (0.88) | 0.22 (0.29) | −0.003 (0.9) | −0.10 (0.62) |
Note: The bold p value means less than 0.05.