Table 3.
Associations between potential confounders and dorsal anterior cingulate neurometabolite concentrations.
| Metabolite/water | Smoking Status | Gender | Age | DSLD | CSF tissue % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| t | p | t | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | |
| N-acetylaspartate | −0.72 | 0.484 | 0.03 | 0.978 | 0.13 | 0.592 | 0.00 | 0.996 | 0.16 | 0.513 |
| Glutamate | −0.32 | 0.757 | −0.07 | 0.946 | −0.01 | 0.969 | 0.15 | 0.546 | 0.09 | 0.719 |
| GABA | 1.16 | 0.262 | 1.73 | 0.103 | −0.06 | 0.807 | −0.06 | 0.824 | 0.44 | 0.063 |
| Glutamine | 3.20 | 0.005 | 1.59 | 0.130 | 0.06 | 0.815 | −0.30 | 0.214 | 0.21 | 0.395 |
| Choline | 0.35 | 0.732 | 0.22 | 0.828 | 0.10 | 0.969 | 0.33 | 0.173 | 0.02 | 0.945 |
| Creatine | −1.05 | 0.309 | −0.16 | 0.874 | 0.19 | 0.446 | 0.03 | 0.898 | 0.12 | 0.640 |
| Myo-Inositol | −0.62 | 0.545 | −0.41 | 0.688 | 0.10 | 0.968 | 0.10 | 0.682 | −0.05 | 0.844 |
Note: Smoking Status (non-smoker = 0, smoker = 1); Gender (male = 0, female = 1); DSLD = Days Since Last Drink; CSF = Cerebrospinal Fluid. Significant/trend associations are bolded.