Table 6 Cognitive outcomes in relation to white matter integrities using mean 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 | −.258(*) | −.257(*) | −.272(*) | −.186 | −.278(*) | −.268(*) | −.277(*) | −.195 |
Forceps.minor | −.356(*) | −.362(*) | −.395(*) | −.292(*) | −.373(*) | −.377(*) | −.406(*) | −.301(*) |
Anterior.thalamic.radiation | −.301(*) | −.311(*) | −.346(*) | −.275(*) | −.338(*) | −.342(*) | −.369(*) | −.313(*) |
Corticospinal.tract | −.246(*) | −.235(*) | −.294(*) | −.139 | −.284(*) | −.276(*) | −.326(*) | −.164 |
Cingulum._cingulate.gyrus | −.442(*) | −.461(*) | −.461(*) | −.372(*) | −.433(*) | −.454(*) | −.454(*) | −.359(*) |
Cingulum._hippocampus | −.474(*) | −.487(*) | −.412(*) | −.514(*) | −.478(*) | −.488(*) | −.409(*) | −.514(*) |
Inferior.frontooccipital.fasciculus | −.342(*) | −.336(*) | −.383(*) | −.247(*) | −.379(*) | −.378(*) | −.416(*) | −.265(*) |
Inferior.longitudinal.fasciculus | −.424(*) | −.417(*) | −.409(*) | −.324(*) | −.452(*) | −.448(*) | −.428(*) | −.332(*) |
Superior.longitudinal.fasciculus | −.372(*) | −.368(*) | −.372(*) | −.284(*) | −.401(*) | −.396(*) | −.389(*) | −.297(*) |
Uncinate.fasciculus | −.249(*) | −.253(*) | −.277(*) | −.145 | −.337(*) | −.354(*) | −.309(*) | −.367(*) |
Superior.longitudinal.fasciculus.temporal.part | −.258(*) | −.257(*) | −.272(*) | −.186 | −.288(*) | −.302(*) | −.310(*) | −.167 |