The subtleties of cognitive decline in multiple sclerosis: an exploratory study using hierarchichal cluster analysis of CANTAB results

Cabeça, Hideraldo Luis Souza; Rocha, Luciano Chaves; Sabbá, Amanda Ferreira; Tomás, Alessandra Mendonça; Bento-Torres, Natali Valim Oliver; Anthony, Daniel Clive; Diniz, Cristovam Wanderley Picanço

doi:10.1186/s12883-018-1141-1

Table 4 Correlation Matrix (Spearman Rank Order Correlations) with Age, Education, EDSS score and CANTAB tests’ measures. Correlations in bold are statistically significant (p < 0.05) with r values shown ranging from −0.884 to 0.959. Note that Age, Education and EDSS score had only mild to moderate correlations with CANTAB tests’ measures (r values ranging from -0.478 to 0.532). Abbreviations utilized from the List of Abbreviations in this paper

From: The subtleties of cognitive decline in multiple sclerosis: an exploratory study using hierarchichal cluster analysis of CANTAB results

	AGE	ED	EDSS	STG	TE	A’	PH	ML	FTMS	MTS	TEA	FCAS	5CMT	5CRT	SAS	SMT	SRT	TC
AGE	1.000	− 0.034	0.271	0.333	0.429	−0.137	− 0.074	− 0.144	− 0.478	0.502	0.502	− 0.079	0.207	0.066	− 0.084	0.383	0.169	−0.389
ED	−0.034	1.000	−0.166	−0.189	− 0.392	0.532	0.456	0.225	0.304	−0.267	−0.267	0.276	−0.197	− 0.192	0.194	− 0.297	−0.353	0.367
EDSS	0.271	−0.166	1.000	0.428	0.384	−0.189	−0.254	− 0.254	−0.191	0.301	0.241	0.133	0.302	0.080	−0.123	0.151	0.166	−0.396
STG	0.333	−0.189	0.428	1.000	0.750	−0.191	−0.098	− 0.192	−0.280	0.266	0.307	−0.014	0.321	0.105	−0.157	0.447	0.263	−0.311
TE	0.429	−0.392	0.384	0.750	1.000	−0.278	−0.135	− 0.238	−0.422	0.392	0.401	−0.219	0.237	0.097	−0.184	0.401	0.260	−0.308
A’	−0.137	0.532	−0.189	−0.191	− 0.278	1.000	0.891	0.407	0.393	−0.427	−0.439	0.324	−0.168	− 0.135	0.397	− 0.302	−0.299	0.550
PH	−0.074	0.456	−0.254	−0.098	− 0.135	0.891	1.000	0.385	0.243	−0.259	−0.275	0.276	−0.111	− 0.126	0.281	− 0.212	−0.233	0.406
ML	−0.144	0.225	−0.254	−0.192	− 0.238	0.407	0.385	1.000	0.165	−0.281	−0.246	0.292	−0.200	− 0.259	0.251	− 0.093	−0.380	0.314
FTMS	−0.478	0.304	−0.191	−0.280	− 0.422	0.393	0.243	0.165	1.000	−0.850	−0.884	0.305	−0.205	− 0.005	0.187	− 0.378	−0.182	0.489
MTS	0.502	−0.267	0.301	0.266	0.392	−0.427	−0.259	− 0.281	−0.850	1.000	0.959	−0.242	0.216	−0.005	−0.261	0.348	0.152	−0.546
TEA	0.502	−0.267	0.241	0.307	0.401	−0.439	−0.275	− 0.246	−0.884	0.959	1.000	−0.241	0.276	−0.020	−0.243	0.407	0.136	−0.540
FCAS	−0.079	0.276	0.133	−0.014	−0.219	0.324	0.276	0.292	0.305	−0.242	−0.241	1.000	−0.149	− 0.308	0.307	− 0.124	−0.289	0.222
5CMT	0.207	−0.197	0.302	0.321	0.237	−0.168	−0.111	− 0.200	−0.205	0.216	0.276	−0.149	1.000	0.270	−0.221	0.776	0.294	−0.303
5CRT	0.066	−0.192	0.080	0.105	0.097	−0.135	−0.126	− 0.259	−0.005	− 0.005	−0.020	− 0.308	0.270	1.000	−0.257	0.235	0.795	−0.414
SAS	−0.084	0.194	−0.123	−0.157	− 0.184	0.397	0.281	0.251	0.187	−0.261	−0.243	0.307	−0.221	− 0.257	1.000	− 0.098	−0.116	0.297
SMT	0.383	−0.297	0.151	0.447	0.401	−0.302	−0.212	− 0.093	−0.378	0.348	0.407	−0.124	0.776	0.235	−0.098	1.000	0.421	−0.400
SRT	0.169	−0.353	0.166	0.263	0.260	−0.299	−0.233	− 0.380	−0.182	0.152	0.136	−0.289	0.294	0.795	−0.116	0.421	1.000	−0.506
TC	−0.389	0.367	−0.396	−0.311	− 0.308	0.550	0.406	0.314	0.489	−0.546	−0.540	0.222	−0.303	− 0.414	0.297	− 0.400	−0.506	1.000

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