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. 2022 Apr 12;16:795317. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.795317

TABLE 3.

Correlations between log10 plasma neurofilament light levels with age and measures of clinical severity at time points 1 and 2 in individuals with Wolfram syndrome.

NfL TP 1 vs.
Clinical TP 1
N NfL TP 1 vs.
Clinical TP 2
N NfL TP 2 vs.
Clinical TP 2
N
Age r = 0.21, p = 0.21 38 r = 0.23, p = 0.25 27 r = 0.30, p = 0.13 27
WURS Physical Activity subscore total ρ = –0.14, p = 0.40 34 ρ = –0.07, p = 0.72 26 ρ = 0.10, p = 0.63 26
UPSIT (number correct) r = –0.26, p = 0.12 37 r = –0.38, p = 0.05* 27 r = –0.46, p = 0.02* 27
Visual acuity (logMAR) r = 0.34, p = 0.05* 34 r = 0.40, p = 0.04* 27 r = –0.46, p = 0.02* 27
Color vision (number correct) r = –0.40, p = 0.03* 30 r = –0.42, p = 0.07 20 r = –0.59, p = 0.01** 20
Ventral pons volume r = –0.24, p = 0.23 27 r = –0.34, p = 0.14 21 r = –0.35, p = 0.12 21
Brainstem volume r = –0.48, p = 0.04* 18 r = –0.50, p = 0.04* 18 r = –0.43, p = 0.08 18
Cerebellar cortex volume r = 0.12, p = 0.55 26 r = 0.21, p = 0.37 20 r = 0.25, p = 0.29 20
Thalamic volume r = –0.36, p = 0.07 26 r = –0.60, p = 0.01** 20 r = –0.57, p = 0.01** 20
Average annual rate of change in thalamic volume NA r = –0.52, p = 0.01** 24 NA

NfL, neurofilament light chain; TP, time point; WURS, Wolfram Unified Rating Scale; UPSIT, University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test; NA, not applicable. *, **p ≤ 0.05, 0.01. Bold p-values indicate statistical significance at α = 0.05. N = number of participants with data points included in the analysis in the preceding column.