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Table 3.

Correlations (Spearman’s rho) between CBF and clinical performance in shunt responders.

CBF (mL/ 100 g/ min)		NP-score	Gait score	Balance score	Continence score	iNPH score
Occipital cortex	Pre-op	.69^*	.50	.48	.69^*	.63^*
Occipital cortex	Post-op	.19	.36	.14	.73^*	.52
Cingulate gyrus	Pre-op	.68^*	.61^*	.48	.65^*	.67^*
Cingulate gyrus	Post-op	.16	.57	.17	.67^*	.61^*
Caudate head	Pre-op	.44	.28	.02	.47	.28
Caudate head	Post-op	−.12	.39	.04	.49	.32
Lentiform nucleus	Pre-op	.52	.44	.25	.58	.46
Lentiform nucleus	Post-op	.17	.28	.23	.34	.35
Periventricular thalamus	Pre-op	.61	.49	.01	.53	.45
Periventricular thalamus	Post-op	.24	.57	.23	.55	.56
Central thalamus	Pre-op	.76^*	.54	.19	.53	.55
Central thalamus	Post-op	.22	.48	.02	.38	.45
NAWM	Pre-op	.14	−.06	−.28	.28	.08
NAWM	Post-op	−.10	.15	−.06	.19	.21
PVWMant	Pre-op	.45	.69^*	.23	.57	.61^*
PVWMant	Post-op	.43	.78^*	.27	.40	.74^*
PVWMpost	Pre-op	.45	.69^*	.23	.57	.61^*
PVWMpost	Post-op	.09	.47	.17	.59^*	.52
Total PVWM	Pre-op	.59^*	.72^*	.27	.60^*	.63^*
Total PVWM	Post-op	.23	.60^*	.14	.62^*	.58^*
Parenchyma	Pre-op	.73^*	.57^*	.34	.66^*	.67^*
Parenchyma	Post-op	.16	.34	−.03	.43	.41

NP = Neuropsychology; Pre-op = preoperative; Post-op = postoperative; NAWM = Normal appearing white matter; PVWMant = anterior periventricular white matter; PVWMpost = posterior periventricular white matter; Total PVWM = PVWMant + PVWMpost.

p < .05.