Table 4. Associations between brain metabolites and absolute numbers of monocyte populations^a.

Total monocytes		CD14highCD16-	CD14highCD16low	CD14lowCD16hig
Frontal cortex (gray matter)
Cho			Rs=0.43 P=0.09
Cho/Cr			Rs=0.44 P=0.09	Rs=0.43 P<0.10
Cho/NAA			Rs=0.56 P=0.02	Rs=0.43 P<0.10
Cr	Rs=−0.34 P=0.09
NAA	Rs= −0.40 P=0.04			Rs= −0.48 P=0.06
White matter
Cho				Rs=0.74 P=0.001
Cho/Cr				Rs=0.70 P=0.002
Cho/NAA				Rs=0.68 P<0.004
Basal ganglia
Cho				Rs=0.47 P<0.07
Cho/Cr				Rs=0.60 P=0.01
Cho/NAA				Rs=0.60 P=0.01
MI		Rs=0.44 P=0.09
MI/Cr		Rs=0.49 P=0.05
NAA			Rs= −0.56 P=0.02
Glx				Rs=0.55 P<0.03
Glx/Cr			Rs=0.56 P=0.02

^aSpearman rank coefficient (R_s) indicates the strength and direction of the relationship and the P value indicates significance