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. 2016 May 3;63(2):257–264. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw279

Table 5.

Association Between Imaging Measurements and Neurocognitive Impairment, Defined as a z-score <−1 in at Least Two Out of Seven Cognitive Domains: Logistic Regression Modelsa

Overall Neurocognitive Impairment
Symptomatic Neurocognitive Impairment
OR 95% CI P Value OR 95% CI P Value
White matter hyperintensities
 Lesion volume (log10)a 1.0 .9, 1.1 .857 1.1 1.0, 1.2 .266
Atrophy scores
 GCA 1.2 .6, 2.7 .580 6.2 1.7, 22.3 .005
 TLA 1.3 .6, 2.7 .515 1.8 .8, 4.4 .173
 Bicaudate index 1.1 .6, 2.2 .737 2.0 .9, 4.4 .100
Single voxel MRS
 NAA/Choa 1.2 .6, 2.6 .590 1.9 .8, 4.5 .140
 NAA/Cra 1.7 .8, 3.4 .164 1.9 .9, 4.3 .116
 mI/Cra 1.0 .5, 1.8 .953 0.8 .4, 1.5 .454

Bolded text indicates the significant result.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; GCA, Global cortical atrophy score; mI/Cr, Myo-inositol to creatine ratio; MRS, magnetic resonance spectroscopy; NAA/Cho, N-acetyl aspartate to choline ratio; NAA/Cr, N-acetyl aspartate to creatine ratio; OR, odds ratio; TLA, Medial temporal lobe atrophy score.

a Adjusted for study arm allocation, age (per additional year), ethnicity (black vs other), education (per additional year on formal education) and nadir CD4 count (per 100c more).