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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurovirol. 2010 Nov 18;16(6):445–456. doi: 10.3109/13550284.2010.525599

Table 3.

Cross-sectional association between CSF lipids and other cognitive test z-scores

Log lipid Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test—Copy
Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test—Recall
Odd Man Out
Verbal Fluency
b p value b p value b p value b p value
Total SM −0.34 0.593 0.09 0.756 −0.03 0.941 −0.23 0.375
Total Cholesterol 0.10 0.943 0.52 0.403 0.48 0.549 −0.31 0.591
SM/Cholesterol −0.80 0.357 −0.12 0.745 −0.19 0.722 −0.35 0.335
Ceramide C16:0 −0.96 0.500 −0.28 0.666 −0.83 0.265 −0.21 0.728
Ceramide C18:0 0.09 0.928 0.73 0.077 0.23 0.644 0.44 0.251
Ceramide C22:0 −1.56 0.231 0.36 0.550 −1.07 0.110 0.15 0.791
Ceramide C24:0 −0.94 0.115 0.07 0.788 −0.14 0.655 −0.08 0.769
SM/Ceramide C16:0 −0.39 0.505 −0.02 0.939 0.19 0.620 −0.25 0.299
SM/Ceramide C18:0 −0.48 0.381 −0.41 0.086 0.09 0.774 −0.31 0.159
SM/Ceramide C22:0 0.00 1.000 0.01 0.978 0.57 0.263 −0.31 0.339
SM/Ceramide C24:0 0.74 0.297 −0.03 0.917 0.16 0.696 −0.14 0.652

Digit Symbol
Grooved Pegboard Dominant Hand
Mean Choice Reaction Time
Mean Sequential Reaction Time
Log lipid b p value b p value b p value b p value

Total SM −0.03 0.915 −0.47 0.478 0.09 0.778 0.03 0.939
Total Cholesterol 0.08 0.902 0.78 0.595 0.21 0.766 −0.49 0.550
SM/Cholesterol −0.14 0.724 −1.16 0.208 0.00 0.997 0.12 0.810
Ceramide C16:0 −1.06 0.098 −1.83 0.225 −0.63 0.307 −0.51 0.477
Ceramide C18:0 0.17 0.685 0.30 0.763 0.24 0.533 0.31 0.521
Ceramide C22:0 −0.62 0.301 −1.57 0.260 −0.44 0.477 −0.10 0.888
Ceramide C24:0 −0.18 0.509 −1.14 0.068 −0.19 0.474 0.08 0.802
SM/Ceramide C16:0 0.08 0.776 −0.28 0.656 0.11 0.723 −0.06 0.870
SM/Ceramide C18:0 −0.23 0.346 −0.11 0.851 −0.21 0.402 −0.41 0.173
SM/Ceramide C22:0 0.19 0.596 −0.09 0.912 0.38 0.384 0.12 0.802
SM/Ceramide C24:0 0.22 0.499 0.73 0.334 0.43 0.193 −0.10 0.804