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. 2020 Jul 2;12:176. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.00176

TABLE 9.

Statistically significant difference in entorhinal cortex texture over an 18-month intervention.

Entorhinal cortex texture features – mean (SD)
ASM Contrast Correlation Sum variance Variance Sum variance Entropy Cluster shade
MCI stable
Baseline 0.226 (0.047) 220 (22.38) 0.498 (0.043) 659.4 (38.0) 220 (9.49) 659 (38.0) 2.92 (0.216) 1,838 (3,218)
6 months 0.228 (0.046) 223 (20.95) 0.495 (0.041) 659.2 (38.5) 221 (9.90) 659 (38.5) 2.90 (0.221) 1,198 (,2986)
12 months 0.230 (0.047) 223 (19.34) 0.494 (0.043) 656.0 (38.1) 220 (9.50) 655 (41.9) 2.89 (0.212) 1,276 (3,086)
18 months 0.234 (0.047) 222 (24.71) 0.493 (0.049) 654.0 (38.1) 219 (10.7) 654 (44.3) 2.89 (0.212) 1,300 (2,989)
F-ratio (Time) F(3, 417) = 2.45 P = 0.620 F(3, 384) = 1.05 P = 0.370 F(3, 375) = 1.14 P = 0.332 F(3, 411) = 2.17 P = 0.09 F(3, 411) = 1.44 P = 0.230 F(3, 411) = 2.17 P = 0.091 F(3, 414) = 2.65 P = 0.048 F(3, 396) = 2.49 P = 0.060
MCI converters
Baseline 0.230 (0.041) 230 (26.6) 0.480 (0.046) 655.4 (35.0) 221 (10.5) 655 (35.0) 2.87 (0.179) -296.7 (1,860)
6 months 0.237 (0.039) 238 (27.4) 0.468 (0.043) 650.0 (40.5) 222 (11.4) 650 (40.5) 2.82 (0.185) -388.4 (2,363)
12 months 0.235 (0.040) 237 (28.5) 0.468 (0.047) 647.4 (42.0) 222 (12.0) 637 (42.0) 2.82 (0.186) -385.0 (2,394)
18 months 0.243 (0.043) 238 (28.8) 0.459 (0.047) 637.8 (44.3) 219 (12.7) 647 (44.3) 2.79 (0.156) -557.1 (2,032)
F-ratio (Time) F(2.72, 179.5) = 3.86 P = 0.013 F(3, 201) = 5.80 P < 0.0005 F(3, 192) = 6.82 P < 0.0005 F(3, 201) = 7.45 P < 0.0005 F(3, 198) = 3.55 P < 0.0005 F(3, 201) = 7.45 P < 0.0005 F(3, 204) = 7.30 P < 0.0005 F(3, 162) = 0.23 P = 0.874

MCI, mild cognitive impairment; ASM, angular second moment; SD, standard deviation.