TABLE 4.

Correlation between age and CBF in whole brain and regional brain.

	Frontal cortex	Frontal WM⋇	Parietal cortex	Parietal WM	Temporal cortex	Temporal WM
R value	−0.44	−0.35	−0.44	−0.39	−0.41	−0.34
P value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Occipital cortex	Occipital WM	Insular lobe	Whole cortex	Whole WM
R value	−0.41	−0.39	−0.33	−0.43	v0.37
P value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
	Basal ganglia*	Thalamus	Corpus callosum	Infratentorial**	Whole brain
R value	−0.28	−0.40	−0.43	−0.42	−0.42
P value	0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

^⋇WM, white matter. *Basal ganglia including the caudate nucleus, lenticular nucleus, amygdala, claustrum, internal capsule, and external capsule. **Infratentorial including the brainstem (mesencephalon, cerebelli, and medulla oblongata) and cerebellum.