Table 4. Pearson’s r for the correlation of cognitive measures with hippocampal volume, fornicial DTI measures, and MTR in patients with MS.
CVLT-II | BVMT-R | SDMT | PASAT | EDSS | |
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Right | |||||
Fractional anisotropy | 0.132 | 0.431** | 0.280* | 0.164 | −0.185 |
Mean diffusivity | −0.204 | −0.439** | −0.295* | −0.181 | 0.334* |
Transverse diffusivity | −0.206 | −0.459*** | −0.309* | −0.188 | 0.322* |
Longitudinal diffusivity | −0.187 | −0.370** | −0.246 | −0.156 | 0.343* |
Volume | 0.123 | 0.249 | 0.290* | 0.110 | −0.289* |
Mean MTR (n = 34) | 0.161 | 0.158 | 0.350* | 0.293 | −0.196 |
Left | |||||
Fractional anisotropy | 0.166 | 0.484*** | 0.436** | 0.235 | −0.143 |
Mean diffusivity | −0.232 | −0.531**** | −0.469*** | −0.245 | 0.223 |
Transverse diffusivity | −0.234 | −0.533*** | −0.478*** | −0.243 | 0.215 |
Longitudinal diffusivity | −0.220 | −0.504*** | −0.429** | −0.237 | 0.231 |
Volume | 0.301* | 0.393** | 0.456*** | 0.077 | −0.289* |
Mean MTR (n = 34) | 0.349* | 0.304 | 0.436** | 0.365* | 0.004 |
P <0.05,
P <0.01,
P <0.001,
P <0.0001
CVLT = California Verbal Learning Test-II, BVMT-R = Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised, SDMT = Symbol Digit Modalities Test, PASAT = Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test