Table 4 Cognitive outcomes in relation to white matter integrities using axial diffusivities adjusted for confounding factors
From: Effects of Homocysteine on white matter diffusion parameters in Alzheimer’s disease
Tract name | Simple correlation | Adjusted for confounders# | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MMSE | CASI total | CASI EFT | STM | MMSE | CASI total | CASI EFT | STM | |
Forceps.major | −.220 | −.213 | −.207 | −.138 | −.228(*) | −.210 | −.201 | −.139 |
Forceps.minor | −.324(*) | −.325(*) | −.341(*) | −.250(*) | −.322(*) | −.320(*) | −.339(*) | −.242(*) |
Anterior.thalamic.radiation | −.297(*) | −.306(*) | −.337(*) | −.273(*) | −.331(*) | −.335(*) | −.359(*) | −.308(*) |
Corticospinal.tract | −.154 | −.132 | −.189 | −.034 | −.183 | −.159 | −.207 | −.055 |
Cingulum._cingulate.gyrus | −.374(*) | −.387(*) | −.365(*) | −.314(*) | −.353(*) | −.368(*) | −.355(*) | −.294(*) |
Cingulum._hippocampus | −.463(*) | −.468(*) | −.385(*) | −.486(*) | −.467(*) | −.468(*) | −.380(*) | −.484(*) |
Inferior.frontooccipital.fasciculus | −.372(*) | −.350(*) | −.379(*) | −.241(*) | −.398(*) | −.379(*) | −.400(*) | −.250(*) |
Inferior.longitudinal.fasciculus | −.430(*) | −.409(*) | −.371(*) | −.323(*) | −.443(*) | −.425(*) | −.377(*) | −.318(*) |
Superior.longitudinal.fasciculus | −.392(*) | −.375(*) | −.363(*) | −.286(*) | −.416(*) | −.397(*) | −.376(*) | −.293(*) |
Uncinate.fasciculus | −.319(*) | −.335(*) | −.294(*) | −.352(*) | −.331(*) | −.345(*) | −.296(*) | −.357(*) |
Superior.longitudinal.fasciculus.temporal.part | −.234(*) | −.216 | −.210 | −.129 | −.246(*) | −.234(*) | −.217 | −.134 |