Table 3.
Rotated component matrix of the principal component analysis of the white matter microstructural indicesa.
| ROI | WM index | Components |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOSF/ODI | kf | MPF | ICSF | Fornix | ||
| Fornix | ICSF | −0.201 | −0.039 | −0.081 | 0.497 | 0.431 |
| ISOSF | −0.045 | 0.012 | −0.015 | 0.039 | −0.93 | |
| ODI | 0.622 | −0.041 | −0.027 | −0.122 | −0.364 | |
| MPF | −0.114 | 0.041 | 0.458 | 0.049 | 0.782 | |
| kf | −0.09 | 0.525 | −0.014 | 0.008 | 0.757 | |
| Left PHC | ICSF | 0.264 | 0.107 | 0.101 | 0.792 | −0.191 |
| ISOSF | 0.781 | −0.045 | 0.01 | 0.11 | −0.042 | |
| ODI | 0.641 | −0.251 | −0.091 | −0.287 | 0.123 | |
| MPF | 0.124 | 0.276 | 0.552 | 0.347 | 0.005 | |
| kf | 0.09 | 0.814 | −0.048 | 0.18 | −0.004 | |
| Right PHC | ICSF | 0.116 | 0.054 | 0.225 | 0.77 | −0.233 |
| ISOSF | 0.752 | −0.008 | 0.09 | −0.08 | −0.081 | |
| ODI | 0.621 | −0.086 | −0.155 | −0.285 | 0.206 | |
| MPF | 0.049 | 0.149 | 0.701 | 0.265 | −0.01 | |
| kf | 0.007 | 0.82 | 0.026 | 0.156 | 0.107 | |
| Left UF | ICSF | −0.043 | 0.075 | 0.377 | 0.743 | 0.007 |
| ISOSF | 0.728 | −0.062 | 0.234 | −0.083 | −0.029 | |
| ODI | 0.831 | −0.054 | −0.066 | −0.103 | 0.028 | |
| MPF | 0.018 | 0.262 | 0.76 | 0.182 | 0.04 | |
| kf | −0.154 | 0.814 | 0.178 | 0.108 | −0.054 | |
| Right UF | ICSF | −0.039 | 0.09 | 0.427 | 0.647 | 0.089 |
| ISOSF | 0.642 | −0.021 | 0.226 | −0.28 | 0.066 | |
| ODI | 0.781 | −0.03 | −0.025 | −0.154 | 0.039 | |
| MPF | −0.027 | 0.204 | 0.772 | 0.086 | 0.002 | |
| kf | 0.04 | 0.752 | 0.351 | 0.005 | −0.043 | |
| Left CST | ICSF | −0.222 | 0.02 | 0.031 | 0.66 | 0.085 |
| ISOSF | 0.742 | −0.087 | −0.032 | 0.077 | −0.088 | |
| ODI | 0.797 | 0.029 | 0.022 | 0.036 | 0.097 | |
| MPF | −0.067 | −0.045 | 0.83 | 0.132 | 0.042 | |
| kf | −0.155 | 0.818 | 0.107 | −0.088 | 0.073 | |
| Right CST | ICSF | −0.271 | 0.049 | 0.147 | 0.56 | 0.079 |
| ISOSF | 0.716 | −0.116 | −0.127 | 0.115 | −0.132 | |
| ODI | 0.826 | 0.026 | −0.053 | 0.064 | 0.065 | |
| MPF | −0.114 | −0.024 | 0.85 | 0.077 | −0.015 | |
| kf | −0.167 | 0.802 | 0.169 | −0.067 | 0.069 | |
| Total WM | ICSF | −0.298 | 0.001 | 0.267 | 0.701 | −0.333 |
| ISOSF | 0.752 | −0.037 | −0.105 | −0.147 | 0.201 | |
| ODI | 0.527 | 0.06 | −0.186 | 0.005 | −0.195 | |
| MPF | −0.065 | 0.1 | 0.812 | 0.196 | 0.235 | |
| kf | −0.095 | 0.928 | 0.051 | 0.047 | 0.062 | |
Loadings >0.5 are highlighted in bold. Abbreviations: CST = corticospinal tract, ICSF = intracellular signal fraction, ISOSF = isotropic signal fraction, kf = forward exchange rate, MPF = macromolecular proton fraction, ODI = orientation dispersion index, PHC = parahippocampal cingulum, ROI = region of interest, UF = uncinate fasciculus, WM = white matter.
Rotation method: Varimax with Kaiser normalization.