Table II.

The relation between hippocampal DTI parameters and the sub‐processes of verbal memory function as measured with the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT)

	Hippocampus
	Left		Right		Total
	MD	FA	MD	FA	MD	FA
Global verbal memory performance	−0.18**	0.10*	−0.21**	0.04	−0.22**	0.07
Immediate memory
Trial 1	−0.16**	0.03	−0.12*	0.01	−0.16**	0.03
Trial 2	−0.16**	0.07	−0.18**	0.03	−0.19**	0.06
Trial 3	−0.18**	0.12*	−0.20**	0.09*	−0.21**	0.12*
Total trials 1–3	−0.19**	0.09*	−0.19**	0.06	−0.21**	0.08
Learning rate	−0.08	0.02	−0.01	0.05	0.04	0.04
Delayed recall	−0.16**	0.09*	−0.20**	0.03	−0.20**	0.06
Forgetting ratea	−0.10	0.04	−0.15*	0.03	−0.14*	0.01
Delayed recognition	−0.17**	0.03	−0.14*	0.01	−0.17**	0.02

Numbers represent regression coefficients (standardized beta's), adjusted for age, sex, educational level, depressive symptoms, hippocampal, and WML volume and the presence of lacunar infarcts.

^* P < 0.05

^****P < 0.01

^aHigher test scores reflect a less negative forgetting rate, that is, a better performance.