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. 2020 Apr 9;91(6):612–621. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2019-322493

Table 2.

Relationship between NPTX2 and grey matter volume. Results were obtained through multiple linear regression with square-root transformed NPTX2 as dependent variable, adjusting for age, gender and study site. All grey matter volumes were corrected for total intracranial volume

All mutation carriers (n=126) Symptomatic mutation carriers (n=35) Presymptomatic mutation carriers (n=91)
Whole brain volume
 b (SE) 1.07 (0.25) 1.21 (0.42) 0.58 (0.39)
 β 0.533 0.585 0.215
 p <0.001* 0.007* 0.145
Frontal lobe
 b (SE) 3.86 (0.83) 4.40 (1.33) 3.48 (1.44)
 β 0.516 0.623 0.331
 p <0.001* 0.003* 0.018
Temporal lobe
 b (SE) 4.01 (1.32) 5.00 (2.27) 0.67 (2.11)
 β 0.338 0.448 0.039
 p 0.003* 0.037 0.752
Parietal lobe
 b (SE) 4.89 (1.77) 5.51 (4.25) 2.70 (2.18)
 β 0.323 0.319 0.169
 p 0.007* 0.208 0.218
Occipital lobe
 b (SE) 1. 45 (1.77) -6.65 (4.03) 3.10 (1.97)
 β 0.086 -0.341 0.185
 p 0.412 0.112 0.119
Cingulate gyrus
 b (SE) 10.49 (5.27) 14.72 (11.32) 0.46 (7.27)
 β 0.205 0.285 0.008
 p 0.049 0.206 0.95
Insula
 b (SE) 37.22 (8.69) 69.21 (13.09) 12.61 (13.16)
 β 0.482 0.786 0.119
 p <0.001* <0.001* 0.341

P values marked with an asterisk remained significant after Bonferroni correction. b indicates unstandardised regression coefficient. β indicates standardised regression coefficient.

NTPX, neuronal pentraxin.