Altered Striatocerebellar Metabolism and Systemic Inflammation in Parkinson’s Disease

Table 2

Correlation analysis of levels of total apoptotic leukocytes and their subpopulations to brain metabolite levels measured by ¹H-MRS in the PD group after controlling for age and sex.

	Variables	r	value
Neutrophil APO 2.7	Dominant basal ganglia
	Cho/Cre	0.313
	Basal ganglia-cerebellum ratio
	NAA/Cre	0.299
	Cho/Cre	0.376
Lymphocyte APO 2.7	Dominant basal ganglia
	Cho/Cre	0.366
	Basal ganglia-cerebellum ratio
	Cho/Cre	0.422
Total leukocyte APO 2.7	Dominant basal ganglia
	Cho/Cre	0.277
	Basal ganglia-cerebellum ratio
	Cho/Cre	0.271

Basal ganglia-cerebellum ratio, metabolite value in the dominant basal ganglia divided by the value in the cerebellum; PD: Parkinson’s disease.
, PD patients versus controls.