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Published in final edited form as: Brain Imaging Behav. 2009 Jun;3(2):132–141. doi: 10.1007/s11682-008-9055-y

Table 5.

Correlations Among Memory Scores and Left versus Right Hemisphere DTI Indices in MCI Patients and Controls¹

N=14 for CERAD and Logical Memory, N=11 for BVMT-R for MCI; N=9 for Controls	CERAD Total Word Recall	CERAD Delayed Recall	CERAD Savings	Logical Memory Immediate	Logical Memory Delayed	Logical Memory Savings	BVMT Total Recall	BVMT Delayed Recall	BVMT Savings
Temporal FA
Left Hemisphere
MCI	.13	.29	.13	.26	.08	−.14	−.26	−.26	−.11
Controls	.46	.77 ^*	.63⁺	−.12	−.05	.12	.20	.10	−.43
Right Hemisphere
MCI	.17	.13	.13	.34	.30	.23	−.04	.44	.40
Controls	.50	.44	.22	−.59⁺	−.62⁺	−.36	.13	−.16	−.63⁺
Temporal ADC
Left Hemisphere
MCI	−.19	−.40	−.57 ^*	−.35	−.56 ^*	−.49⁺	−.77 ^**	−.37	−.23
Controls	−.19	−.21	.14	.23	−.02	−.34	.20	−.01	−.03
Right Hemisphere
MCI	.04	−.52⁺	−.56 ^*	−.32	−.47⁺	−.38	−.19	−.29	−.26
Controls	.39	.05	−.26	.15	.19	.13	−.04	.35	.53
Frontal FA
Left Hemisphere
MCI	.08	.33	.37	.30	.37	.23	.01	.40	.26
Controls	.16	.16	.10	−.34	.03	.44	.43	.38	−.09
Right Hemisphere
MCI	−.34	−.13	.19	.21	.24	.30	.14	.25	.12
Controls	.17	.27	.16	.30	.40	.43	.24	.17	−.11
Frontal ADC
Left Hemisphere
MCI	.14	−.14	−.26	−.16	−.43	−.38	−.55⁺	−.43	−.18
Controls	−.26	−.13	.16	−.06	.13	.19	.09	.24	.30
Right Hemisphere
MCI	.59 ^*	.07	−.12	−.25	−.17	.02	−.11	−.13	.02
Controls	.−.51	−.38	−.25	.08	.18	.11	−.51	−.39	.28

BVMT-R=Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised; FA=Fractional Anisotrophy; ADC=Apparent Diffusion Coefficient

p<.05

^**

p<.01

⁺

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