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Table 5 Correlations between age, clinical, and spectroscopic data in normal controls

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

 

Age in years

GDS

MoCA

Hippo NAA

Pearson correlation

−.251

.033

−.102

Significance

.366

.907

.717

Hippo Cr.

Pearson correlation

−.233

.068

.105

Significance

.404

.810

.711

Hippo NAA/Cr

Pearson correlation

−.105

−.009

−.148

Significance

.709

.975

.599

Frontal NAA

Pearson correlation

.123

−.293

.084

Significance

.662

.289

.767

Frontal Cr.

Pearson correlation

.375

−.105

.297

Significance

.168

.710

.282

Frontal NAA/Cr

Pearson correlation

−.115

−.138

−.094

Significance

.684

.623

.738

  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