Table 5.
Results of the analysis of the correlation between differential white matter volume and cognitive and clinical information.
|
WMV of left putamen
(n = 131) |
WMV of right putamen
(n = 131) |
WMV of left rectus
(n = 131) |
WMV of left thalamus
(n = 131) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MoCA scores | −0.191 (0.029)* | −0.169 (0.054) | −0.256 (0.003)** | −0.126 (0.151) |
| visuospatial executive | −0.147 (0.095) | −0.157 (0.074) | −0.200 (0.022)* | −0.129 (0.140) |
| Naming | −0.128 (0.145) | −0.042 (0.638) | −0.057 (0.519) | 0.020 (0.817) |
| Attention | −0.259 (0.003)** | −0.247 (0.004)** | −0.134 (0.127) | −0.194 (0.027)* |
| Language | −0.076 (0.389) | −0.117 (0.184) | −0.140 (0.111) | −0.025 (0.775) |
| Language: Sentence repetition | −0.054 (0.542) | −0.095 (0.282) | −0.123 (0.163) | −0.023 (0.795) |
| Language: fluency task | −0.068 (0.437) | −0.131 (0.137) | −0.162 (0.064) | 0.070 (0.425) |
| Abstract thinking | −0.091 (0.300) | −0.080 (0.363) | −0.203 (0.020)* | −0.012 (0.888) |
| Delayed recall | −0.073 (0.407) | −0.044 (0.615) | −0.154 (0.079) | −0.094 (0.286) |
| Orientation | −0.183 (0.036)* | −0.173 (0.048)* | −0.193 (0.027)* | −0.118 (0.181) |
| RAVLT immediate recall | −0.262 (0.002) ** | −0.216 (0.013)* | −0.332 (p < 0.001)*** | −0.176 (0.045)* |
| RAVLT delay recall | −0.261 (0.003)** | −0.25 (0.004)** | −0.265 (0.002)** | −0.156 (0.076) |
| Stroop A (s) | 0.150 (0.095) | 0.123 (0.171) | 0.352 (p < 0.001)*** | 0.106 (0.240) |
| Stroop B (s) | 0.113 (0.199) | 0.155 (0.077) | 0.252 (0.004)** | 0.070 (0.425) |
| Stroop C (s) | 0.148 (0.094) | 0.137 (0.121) | 0.323 (p < 0.001)*** | 0.041 (0.645) |
| SDMT | −0.083 (0.348) | −0.141 (0.110) | −0.331 (p < 0.001)*** | 0.017 (0.849) |
| TMT A (s) | 0.132 (0.133) | 0.234 (0.007)** | 0.344 (p < 0.001)*** | 0.040 (0.647) |
| TMT B (s) | 0.132 (0.132) | 0.192 (0.028)* | 0.323 (p < 0.001)*** | 0.069 (0.432) |
| Left PTA | 0.204 (0.159) | −0.042 (0.777) | 0.174 (0.232) | 0.354 (0.013)* |
| Right PTA | 0.077 (0.600) | 0.284 (0.048)* | 0.131 (0.370) | −0.112 (0.446) |
Data were expressed as spearman correlation coefficient (p-value).
p < 0.05,
p ≤ 0.01,
p ≤ 0.001; PTA, pure tone average; WMV, white matter volume.