Table 5 Correlations between plasma and CSF NfL with the MRI findings in SLE patients

White matter lesion volume ^a

65

0.14

0.26

29

0.21

0.29

Total white matter volume ^a

71

0.053

0.66

32

0.036

0.73

Total grey matter volume ^a

71

−0.092

0.45

32

−0.065

0.73

Subcortical grey matter volume ^a

71

−0.038

0.76

32

0.15

0.43

Cortex volume ^b

71

−0.004

0.97

32

−0.20

0.29

Corpus callosum volume ^a

71

−0.075

0.54

32

0.11

0.57

Thalamus volume ^a

71

−0.076

0.54

32

0.096

0.61

Hippocampus volume ^a

70

−0.057

0.65

32

0.10

0.59

Pallidum volume ^a

71

0.004

0.97

32

0.053

0.78

Putamen volume ^a

71

0.055

0.65

32

0.089

0.64

Caudate volume ^a

71

0.14

0.26

32

0.30

0.11

Amygdala volume ^a

70

−0.232

0.057

32

−0.16

0.40

Accumbens volume ^a

71

−0.22

0.064

32

−0.016

0.93

CSF volume ^a

71

0.34

0.005

32

0.16

0.40