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Table 7 Correlation between MRI and the MoCA test

From: Correlation between brain magnetic resonance imaging, cognitive dysfunction and physical dysability in multiple sclerosis

 

Frontal

Parietal

Temporal

Occipital

CC

Infratentorial

Number of lesions in MRI

R

p

r

p

r

p

r

p

r

p

r

p

r

p

Visuospatial/executive

 Trail making test

0.01

0.90

0.10

0.47

− 0.14

0.30

0.19

0.18

0.02

0.86

− 0.11

0.41

− 0.03

0.82

 Cube drawing

0.17

0.23

0.25

0.07

− 0.24

0.08

0.22

0.10

− 0.10

0.47

− 0.04

0.75

0.04

0.75

 Clock drawing

− 0.02

0.85

0.00

0.98

− 0.15

0.29

0.06

0.68

0.01

0.94

− 0.44

0.001

− 0. 21

0.13

Naming

0.05

0.72

− 0.08

0.54

− 0.11

0.42

0.13

0.35

− 0.14

0.30

− 0.05

0.72

− 0.11

0.42

Attention

 Digit span

0.05

0.69

− 0.20

0.14

− 0.12

0.40

0.002

0.99

− 0.24

0.09

− 0.11

0.43

− 0.20

0.16

 Vigilance (concentration)

0.09

0.51

− 0.19

0.18

− 0.13

0.33

− 0.16

0.25

0.00

0.95

− 0.06

0.66

− 0.28

0.048

 Serial 7s

0.12

0.38

0.24

0.08

− 0.13

0.35

0.15

0.29

0.05

0.70

− 0.04

0.73

0.12

0.37

Language

 Repetition

0.22

0.11

− 0.03

0.81

− 0.19

0.18

− 0.001

0.99

− 0.06

0.67

− 0.06

0.65

− 0.09

0.50

 Fluency

0.07

0.59

− 0.004

0.98

0.00

1.00

0.007

0.95

0.17

0.23

0.17

0.21

0.10

0.47

Abstraction (similarities)

0.01

0.94

− 0.06

0.66

− 0.52

< 0.001

− 0.15

0.29

− 0.27

0.058

0.00

1.00

− 0.38

0.005

Delayed recall (episodic memory)

0.10

0.45

0.05

0.70

− 0.14

0.30

0.16

0.25

− 0.04

0.73

− 0.09

0.53

0.01

0.94

Orientation

0.04

0.74

− 0.09

0.50

− 0.15

0.28

0.08

0.56

− 0.02

0.88

− 0.19

0.17

− 0.16

0.25

  1. p significant if < 0.05
  2. R correlation coefficient, CC corpus callosum