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. 2025 Aug 22;105(6):e213836. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000213836

Table 2.

Correlation Matrix of EPVS, WMHs, Lacunes, and Cerebral MBs With Neuroimaging and Blood-Based Biomarkers

Variable EPVS (Staals) WMH (Staals) Lacunes (Staals) MB (Staals)
MRI markers
 GM/TIV −0.100** (−0.156 to −0.031) −0.288** (−0.344 to −0.233) −0.192** (−0.249 to −0.126) −0.174** (−0.229 to −0.107)
 WM/TIV −0.161** (−0.220 to −0.096) −0.188** (−0.252 to −0.124) −0.117** (−0.174 to −0.046) −0.144** (−0.201 to −0.075)
 Total GM perfusion (mL/min/100 g) −0.040 (−0.104 to 0.024) −0.116** (−0.175 to −0.044) −0.140** (−0.207 to −0.065) 0.003 (−0.074 to 0.069)
BBM
 Aβ42 (pg/mL) −0.008 (−0.071 to 0.057) 0.072* (0.015 to 0.142) −0.007 (−0.071 to 0.057) 0.027 (−0.028 to 0.090)
 Aβ40 (pg/mL) 0.056 (−0.011 to 0.120) 0.165** (0.100 to 0.229) 0.067* (−0.002 to 0.130) 0.097** (0.032 to 0.160)
 Aβ42/Aβ40 (ratio) −0.077* (−0.144 to −0.006) −0.084* (−0.149 to −0.017) −0.086* (−0.147 to −0.023) −0.069* (−0.135 to −0.002)
 OAβ (ratio) 0.012 (−0.077 to 0.092) 0.062 (−0.026 to 0.151) 0.022 (−0.071 to 0.111) 0.034 (−0.059 to 0.134)
 NfL (pg/mL) 0.169** (0.112 to 0.242) 0.329** (0.267 to 0.390) 0.166** (0.109 to 0.227) 0.134** (0.074 to 0.190)
 GFAP (pg/mL) 0.166** (0.104 to 0.228) 0.266** (0.201 to 0.328) 0.073* (0.007 to 0.140) 0.109** (0.049 to 0.172)
 p-tau181 (pg/mL) 0.087** (0.022 to 0.152) 0.193** (0.132 to 0.256) 0.142** (0.080 to 0.205) 0.095** (0.025 to 0.161)

Abbreviations: Aβ = β-amyloid; BBM = blood biomarkers; GFAP = glial fibrillary acidic protein; GM = grey matter; MB = microbleeds; NfL = neurofilament light chain; OAβ = amyloid β oligomers; EPVS = enlarged perivascular spaces; p-tau181 = phosphorylated tau 181; TIV = total intracranial volume; WM = white matter; WMH = white matter hyperintensities.

Correlation coefficients (95% CI), *p < 0.05, **p < 0.005. OAβ, NfL, GFAP, and pTau181 log transformed.