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.