Table 4.
Correlation analysis between regional brain atrophy and different types of WMHr.
| NC | AD | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PVWMHr | DWMHr | PVWMHr | DWMHr | |||||
| rS | p value | rS | p value | rS | p value | rS | p value | |
| QMTA | 0.325 | <0.001* | 0.017 | 0.828 | 0.325 | 0.003* | 0.003 | 0.978 |
| Frontal lobe atrophy | 0.015 | 0.855 | −0.081 | 0.306 | −0.087 | 0.441 | −0.142 | 0.208 |
| Occipital lobe atrophy | 0.103 | 0.195 | −0.124 | 0.118 | 0.039 | 0.733 | 0.025 | 0.827 |
| Temporal lobe atrophy | 0.298 | <0.001* | −0.022 | 0.784 | 0.298 | 0.007* | 0.166 | 0.141 |
| Parietal lobe atrophy | −0.117 | 0.142 | −0.180 | 0.023 | −0.204 | 0.070 | −0.134 | 0.237 |
| Cingulate lobe atrophy | 0.207 | 0.009 | 0.099 | 0.215 | 0.121 | 0.284 | −0.150 | 0.183 |
| Insular atrophy | 0.437 | <0.001* | 0.140 | 0.078 | 0.429 | <0.001* | 0.159 | 0.160 |
NC, normal cognitively; AD, Alzheimer's disease; WMHr, quantitative WMHs ratio; DWMHr, quantitative deep WMH ratio; PVWMHr, quantitative periventricular WMH ratio; QMTA, quantitative medial temporal atrophy; rs, Spearman r. The p-value was obtained by Spearman correlation coefficient values. *means statistical significance after Bonferroni correction.