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. 2018 Jan 10;8:20. doi: 10.1038/s41398-017-0069-3

Table 3.

Correlations between the WMS-R indices and MRI indices in patients with schizophrenia and healthy comparison subjects

Hippocampus Amygdala Thalamus Accumbens Caudate Putamen Pallidum
L R L R L R L R L R L R L R
Patients with schizophrenia
Memory indices
Verbal memory r 0.339 0.281 0.118 0.142 0.145 0.177 0.244 0.246 0.118 0.095 0.127 0.089 −0.060 0.020
p 4.6 × 10 −6 1.8 × 10 −4 6.1 × 10−2 5.5 × 10−2 5.5 × 10−2 1.9 × 10−2 1.17 × 10 −3 1.1 × 10 −3 0.12 0.21 0.10 0.24 0.43 0.79
Visual memory r 0.361 0.410 0.196 0.079 0.236 0.270 0.170 0.192 0.033 0.005 0.039 0.013 −0.161 −0.012
p 9.8 × 10 −7 2.0 × 10 −8 9.4 × 10−3 0.30 1.8 × 10−3 3.2 × 10 −4 2.5 × 10−2 1.1 × 10−2 0.67 0.94 0.61 0.86 3.4 × 10−2 0.87
Delayed Recall r 0.333 0.310 0.099 0.084 0.170 0.194 0.255 0.270 0.031 −0.002 0.075 0.041 −0.120 0.002
p 6.9 × 10 −6 3.2 × 10 −5 0.19 0.27 2.5 × 10−2 1.1 × 10−2 7.0 × 10 −4 3.1 × 10 −4 0.68 0.98 0.33 0.59 0.11 0.97
General cognitive index
Attention/Concentration r 0.252 0.229 0.123 0.076 0.093 0.163 0.088 0.231 −0.013 −0.034 0.082 0.035 −0.033 0.080
p 7.8 × 10 −4 2.4 × 10 −3 0.11 0.32 0.22 3.2 × 10−2 0.25 2.2 × 10 −3 0.86 0.65 0.28 0.65 0.66 0.29
Healthy comparison subjects
Memory indices
Verbal memory r 0.020 −0.024 0.004 −0.023 0.042 0.038 0.011 0.055 0.002 −0.015 −0.031 −0.042 −0.008 0.029
p 0.61 0.55 0.91 0.56 0.29 0.34 0.79 0.16 0.95 0.70 0.44 0.29 0.84 0.46
Visual memory r −0.004 0.007 −0.008 0.021 −0.002 0.017 −0.030 0.003 −0.028 −0.038 0.024 −0.022 0.047 0.051
p 0.93 0.87 0.84 0.60 0.96 0.67 0.45 0.93 0.48 0.34 0.55 0.58 0.24 0.20
Delayed recall r 0.029 0.007 −0.003 0.024 0.058 0.067 0.034 0.067 0.027 0.012 −0.016 −0.015 0.022 0.059
p 0.47 0.85 0.94 0.54 0.14 9.0 × 10−2 0.39 9.0 × 10−2 0.49 0.77 0.70 0.71 0.57 0.14
General cognitive index
Attention/Concentration r −0.038 −0.042 0.009 −0.015 −0.039 −0.009 −0.005 −0.009 −0.016 0.023 0.034 0.028 <0.001 0.011
p 0.34 0.28 0.82 0.71 0.32 0.81 0.89 0.83 0.68 0.56 0.39 0.49 1.00 0.78

Underline indicates p < 1.19 × 10−3 (0.05/42) for memory indices and p < 3.57 × 10−3 (0.05/14) for general cognitive index. WMS-R Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, L left, R right, r Pearson correlation coefficient