Research Article

Cognitive Intraindividual Variability and White Matter Integrity in Aging

Table 5

Correlations between RD in the JHU-ROIs and cognitive measures.

JHU-ROIsCrossSquareLetterCompvWMsWMint
iMiSDiMiSDiMiSDiMiSDiMiSD

Left ATR .13.55 ** .40 * .64 ** −.02−.05.01.32.27−.08
Right ATR .18.50 * .40 * .61 ** −.06.01−.17.18.30.00
Left CS −.32.19.05.51 ** −.16−.06.19.44 * .12.01
Right CS −.18.17−.06.40 * −.31.06.01.18.11−.03
Left CC −.03.41 * .31.68 ** −.15.20.06.23.33−.08
Right CC−.10.20.07.47 * −.38−.01.05.17.11.23
Left Cing_h−.34−.11.07.24−.26−.07.17−.02−.06−.18
Right Cing_h−.03.05.23.38−.27−.06−.22−.09.06−.18
Forceps major−.01.15−.07.06−.37−.08−.13−.07−.04.07
Forceps minor −.02.29.28.55 ** −.18−.07.06.20.23−.06
Left IFO −.20.34.06.47 * −.22−.05.07.42 * .17−.03
Right IFO −.35.16.07.43 * −.17−.04.13.29.11−.02
Left ILF −.30.24.04.41 * −.36−.06−.05.20.10.04
Right ILF −.38−.02.00.38−.33−.04.08.13.02.02
Left SLF .01.49 * .24.60 ** −.18−.12−.09.32.37.02
Right SLF −.05.50 * .13.54 ** −.22−.08.04.36.40 * −.08
Left UN −.16.16.09.50 * −.25.13.19.38.06−.15
Right UN−.17−.03.29.54 ** −.11−.06.18.23.10−.05
Left SLF_t−.33−.10−.35−.05−.27.05.19.02−.19−.12
Right SLF_t−.29−.03−.49 * −.26−.21.09.04.01.04−.11
Mean RD−.11.35.19.59 ** −.27−.03.00.25.21−.05

ATR: anterior thalamic radiation L; CS: corticospinal tract; CC: cingulum/cingulate gyrus; Cing_h: cingulum/hippocampus; IFO: inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus; ILF: inferior longitudinal fasciculus; SLF: superior longitudinal fasciculus; UN: uncinate fasciculus; SLF_t: superior longitudinal fasciculus temporal part; iM; individual mean; iSD: individual standard deviation; FA: fractional anisotropy. Tracks in italic are those showing a significant age effect.
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