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Table 2 Correlations between age, clinical, and spectroscopic data in patients with AD

From: Value of magnetic resonance spectroscopy in geriatric patients with cognitive impairment

 

Age in years

GDS

MoCA

Hippo NAA

Pearson correlation

.184

−.019

.710

Significance

.438

.937

.000

Hippo Cr.

Pearson correlation

−.351

−.319

.095

Significance

.129

.170

.689

Hippo NAA/Cr

Pearson correlation

.359

.143

.599

Significance

.120

.548

.005

Frontal NAA

Pearson correlation

.195

.060

.325

Significance

.411

.802

.162

Frontal Cr.

Pearson correlation

−.031

.140

−.010

Significance

.898

.556

.968

Frontal NAA/Cr

Pearson correlation

.204

.018

.317

Significance

.388

.940

.173

  1. Hippo: Hippocampus, NAA: N-acetylaspartate, Cr.: Creatine, NAA/Cr: N-acetylaspartate /creatine ratio, GDS: The Geriatric Depression Scale, MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment Arabic version
  2. Significance level is set at P < 0.05