Table 4.
Correlations of individual imaging variables with neurocognitive domains of the dementia group, N = 12.
MMSE | MoCA | Attention | STM (registration) | STM (recall) | Orientation | Language | Visuoexecutive function | ||
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MARS | Infratentorial | −0.493 | −0.540 | −0.239 | −0.582* | −0.642* | −0.440 | −0.486 | −0.731** |
Deep | −0.376 | −0.271 | −0.026 | −0.801** | −0.524 | −0.400 | −0.278 | −0.627* | |
Lobar | −0.410 | −0.449 | −0.300 | −0.289 | −0.417 | −0.416 | −0.583* | −0.480 | |
Total | −0.466 | −0.561 | −0.321 | −0.423 | −0.528 | −0.463 | −0.650* | −0.661* | |
ARWMC | Infratentorial | −0.033 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.098 | −0.299 | −0.066 | 0.131 | 0.073 |
Basal ganglia | −0.370 | −0.601* | −0.423 | −0.181 | −0.435 | −0.278 | −0.664* | −0.438 | |
Subcortical | −0.675* | −0.665* | −0.574 | −0.022 | −0.677* | −0.621* | −0.648* | −0.541 | |
Total | −0.674* | −0.730** | −0.614* | 0.002 | −0.716** | −0.619* | −0.692* | −0.511 | |
PVSE | CS | 0.329 | 0.080 | −0.026 | 0.319 | 0.390 | 0.427 | 0.095 | 0.366 |
BG | −0.131 | −0.326 | −0.231 | 0.246 | −0.263 | −0.074 | −0.285 | −0.052 | |
Lesion quantity | ICH | −0.231 | 0.200 | 0.094 | −0.695* | −0.172 | −0.216 | 0.265 | −0.328 |
Lacune | 0.002 | 0.056 | 0.307 | −0.452 | −0.365 | −0.023 | 0.179 | −0.079 | |
Lesion burden score | CAA–SVD | −0.133 | −0.303 | −0.236 | 0.163 | −0.192 | −0.116 | −0.414 | −0.093 |
C1 | −0.675* | −0.744** | −0.563 | −0.190 | −0.733** | −0.660* | −0.753** | −0.606* | |
C2 | −0.336 | −0.575 | −0.351 | −0.134 | −0.600* | −0.233 | −0.502 | −0.315 |
MMSE, Mini–Mental State Examination; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; STM, short–term memory; ARWMC, Age–related white matter change; MARS, Microbleed anatomical rating scale; PVSE, enlargement of the perivascular space; CS, centrum semiovale; BG, basal ganglia; ICH, intracerebral hemorrhage; CAA, cerebral amyloid angiopathy; SVD, small vessel disease.
Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was calculated to explore correlations between variables. Dark gray block: moderate-to-strong correlation, 0.6 ≤ |rs|. Light gray block: fair correlation, 0.3 ≤ |rs| <0.6.
p < 0.05,
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