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. 2017 Nov 2;124(12):1509–1514. doi: 10.1007/s00702-017-1798-4

Table 2.

Correlation between tremor and dystonia severity scores and MRI measures

Bain tremor severity score (ρ value, p value) Bain writing score (ρ value, p value) Bain Archimedes spiral score (ρ value, p value) SARA score (ρ value, p value GDS (ρ value, p value)
Thalamic volume, right ρ =  0.647
p = 0.031*
ρ = − 0.593
p = 0.055
ρ = − 0.507
p = 0.112
ρ = − 0.427
p = 0.190
ρ = − 0.524
p = 0.098
Thalamic volume, left ρ =  0.647
p = 0.031*
ρ =  0.650
p = 0.030*
ρ = − 0.507
p = 0.112
ρ = − 0.309
p = 0.255
ρ = − 0.557
p = 0.075*
SCP area, right ρ = − 0.338
p = 0.309
ρ =  0.693
p = 0.018*
ρ = − 0.578
p = 0.062
ρ = − 0.154
p = 0.670
ρ = − 0.509
p = 0.110
SCP area, left ρ = − 0.162
p = 0.635
ρ = − 0.497
p = 0.120
ρ = − 0.382
p = 0.246
ρ = 0.191
p = 0.574
ρ =  0.697
p = 0.017*
Lesions
 Whole brain (volume) ρ = 0.206
p = 0.543
ρ = 0.363
p = 0.272
ρ = 0.406
p = 0.215
ρ = − 0.136
p = 0.689
ρ = 0.106
p = 0.757
 Cerebellar/SCP, right (presence) U = 13.5
p = 0.792
U = 6.0
p = 0.126
U = 7.5
p = 0.177
U = 12.0
p = 0.662
U = 11.0
p = 0.537
 Cerebellar/SCP, left (presence) U = 15.0
p = 1.00
U = 14.0
p = 0.931
U = 12.5
p = 0.662
U = 9.0
p = 0.329
U = 14.5
p = 0.931
 Thalamus, right (presence) U = 9.0
p = 0.630
U = 10.0
p = 0.776
U = 7.0
p = 0.376
U = 11.0
p = 0.921
U = 8.0
p = 0.497
 Thalamus, left (presence) U = 3.0
p = 0.218*
U = 2.0
p = 0.145
U = 0.5
p = 0.036*
U = 9.0
p = 1.00
U = 2.0
p = 0.145

SARA Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia, GDS Global Dystonia Scale (upper limb only), SCP superior cerebellar peduncle, ρ Spearman rho, U Mann–Whitney U test

Asterisk and bold text indicates significance p < 0.05