Table 2.

Demographic Factors That Affect to the Ratios of the Insular Cortex in Patients With Alzheimer’s Dementia.^a,b

	Age	Edu	BMI	MMSE	CDRSOB	GDepS
RIC	−.245	.184	−.289	.124	−.199	.111
LIC	−.100	.096	−.153	.041	−.170	.053
Total IC	−.178	.145	−.227	.085	−.193	.086

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; CDRSOB, Clinical Dementia Rating scale Sum of Boxes; GDepS, Geriatric Depression Scale; Edu, years of education; RIC, right insular cortex; LIC, left insular cortex; IC, insular cortex.

^aValues are Pearson's correlation coefficient (r).

^bNone of factors are P < .05.