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. 2021 Feb 3;12:587104. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.587104

TABLE 3.

Relationships between regional brain volumes and cerebral metabolites.

Frontal voxel
Parietal voxel
ROI β SE Multiple R2 Adjusted R2 F p ROI β SE Multiple R2 Adjusted R2 F p
Cortical regions Cortical regions
Parahippocampus 0.09 0.07 F(3, 113) = 3.79 0.01 Parahippocampus 0.05 0.04 F(1, 115) = 5.44 0.02
Glx −6.84 × 10–5 5.61 × 10–5 0.23 Cho −1.14 × 10–4 4.89 × 10–5 0.02
NAA 2.14 × 10–4 6.49 × 10–5 1.31 × 10–3
Cr −1.34 × 10–3 5.90 × 10–5 0.03
Insula NS Insula 0.13 0.11 F(3, 113) = 5.59 1.30 × 10–3
NAA −1.23 × 10–4 1.77 × 10–4 0.49
Cho −3.58 × 10–4 1.52 × 10–4 0.02
Cr −1.91 × 10–4 1.83 × 10–4 0.30
Anterior cingulate NS Anterior cingulate 0.07 0.07 F(1, 115) = 9.14 3.09 × 10–3
Cho −2.79 × 10–4 9.23 × 10–5 3.09 × 10–3
Entorhinal cortex NS Entorhinal cortex 0.06 0.38 F(2, 114) = 3.32 0.04
Glx 8.13 × 10–5 4.78 × 10–5 0.09
Cho −1.12 × 10–4 4.78 × 10–5 0.02
Subcortical regions Subcortical regions
Amygdala NS Amygdala 0.05 0.04 F(1, 115) = 5.49 0.02
Cho −9.51 × 10–5 4.06 × 10–5 0.02
Corpus callosum 0.10 0.09 F(2, 114) = 6.64 1.88 × 10–3 Corpus callosum NS
NAA 1.55 × 10–4 5.49 × 10–5 5.65 × 10–3
Cr −1.93 × 10–3 5.49 × 10–5 6.42 × 10–4
Caudate 0.08 0.07 F(2, 114) = 5.27 6.47 × 10–3 Caudate 0.05 0.04 F(1, 115) = 5.93 0.02
NAA 2.59 × 10–3 9.29 × 10–5 6.22 × 10–3 Cr −1.88 × 10–5 7.70 × 10–5 0.02
Cr −2.76 × 10–3 9.29 × 10–5 3.66 × 10–3
Hippocampus 0.07 0.05 F(2, 114) = 4.26 0.02 Hippocampus 0.06 0.05 F(1, 115) = 7.55 6.96 × 10–3
NAA 3.04 × 10–4 1.15 × 10–4 9.63 × 10–3 Cho −2.59 × 10–4 9.43 × 10–5 6.96 × 10–3
Cr −2.94 × 10–4 1.15 × 10–4 0.01
Thalamus 0.08 0.07 F(4, 112) = 3.04 6.99 × 10–3 Thalamus 0.08 0.07 F(1, 115) = 9.94 2.07 × 10–3
NAA 4.75 × 10–4 1.65 × 10–4 4.78 × 10–3 Cho −4.24 × 10–4 1.34 × 10–4 2.07 × 10–3
Cr −4.69 × 10–4 1.65 × 10–4 5.33 × 10–3
Pallidum NS Pallidum 0.09 0.08 F(1, 115) = 10.72 1.40 × 10–3
Cho −1.48 × 10–4 4.52 × 10–5 1.40 × 10–3
Putamen 0.12 0.09 F(4, 112) = 3.81 6.06 × 10–3 Putamen 0.06 0.05 F(2, 114) = 3.82 0.02
Glx −2.02 × 10–4 1.26 × 10–4 0.11 Cho −1.62 × 10–4 1.22 × 10–3 0.19
NAA 5.15 × 10–4 1.45 × 10–4 5.40 × 10–4 Cr −1.94 × 10–4 1.22 × 10–3 0.12
Cho 1.33 × 10–4 1.40 × 10–4 0.34
Cr −4.35 × 10–4 1.53 × 10–4 5.38 × 10–3
Global measures Global measures
Cortical gray matter 0.10 0.08 F(2, 114) = 6.14 2.93 × 10–3 Cortical gray matter 0.09 0.08 F(1, 115) = 10.94 1.25 × 10–3
NAA 0.02 4.78 × 10–3 1.90 × 10–3 Cho −0.01 3.92 × 10–3 1.25 × 10–3
Cr −0.01 4.78 × 10–3 2.95 × 10–3
Subcortical gray matter 0.10 0.08 F(3, 113) = 4.42 5.63 × 10–3 Subcortical gray matter 0.08 0.06 F(2, 114) = 4.83 9.71 × 10–3
Glx −8.81 × 10–4 6.23 × 10–4 0.16 Cho −1.33 × 10–3 6.03 × 10–4 0.03
NAA 2.41 × 10–3 7.30 × 10–4 1.10 × 10–3 Cr −5.93 × 10–4 6.03 × 10–4 0.33
Cr −1.86 × 10–3 6.55 × 10–4 5.32 × 10–3
Cortical white matter 0.10 0.09 F(2, 114) = 6.40 2.33 × 10–3 Cortical white matter 0.04 0.03 F(1, 115) = 4.93 0.03
NAA 0.02 4.98 × 10–3 1.20 × 10–3 Cho −9.28 × 10–3 4.18 × 10–3 0.03
Cr −0.01 4.98 × 10–3 3.32 × 10–3

Variables reported were selected by the adaptive LASSO models as important predictors of regional volumes. Absolute metabolite measures are included. Volumetric measures have been adjusted by total intracranial volume. Adjusted R2 values are for the whole model fit. Note: NS indicates that none of the metabolites were selected by the adaptive LASSO.