Research Article

Precuneus and Cingulate Cortex Atrophy and Hypometabolism in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment: MRI and 18F-FDG PET Quantitative Analysis Using FreeSurfer

Table 2

MRI relative volume (%) for each region and group.

AD HC MCI
GlobalAD versus HCAD versus MCIMCI versus HC

Hippocampus
 Mean (SD)0.574 (0.095)0.747 (0.062)0.636 (0.099)0.00005 0.000030.052930.0013
 Median (min–max)0.591 [0.34–0.732]0.764 [0.601–0.82]0.648 [0401–0.819]
Amygdala
 Mean (SD)0.234 (0.044)0.276 (0.043)0.251 (0.058)0.06152
 Median (min–max)0.234 [0.148–0.337]0.271 [0.21–0.362]0.245 [0.145–0.366]
Precuneus
 Mean (SD)1.557 (0.116)1.532 (0.105)1.47 (0.246)0.85693
 Median (min–max)1.511 [1.366–1.77]1.522 [1.377–1.675]1.539 [0.816–1.755]
Caudal anterior cingulate
 Mean (SD)0.323 (0.054)0.333 (0.054)0.319 (0.072)0.86231
 Median (min–max)0.322 [0.207–0.442]0.341 [0.252–0.416]0.316 [0.165–0.447]
Rostral anterior cingulate
 Mean (SD)0.415 (0.06)0.378 (0.068)0.379 (0.089)0.37687
 Median (min–max)0.414 [0.296–0.511]0.386 [0.248–0.477]0.406 [0.126–0.481]
Isthmus cingulate
 Mean (SD)0.43 (0.035)0.401 (0.048)0.398 (0.065)0.17212
 Median (min–max)0.425 [0.364–0.488]0.399 [0.331–0.503]0.401 [0.256–0.488]
Posterior cingulate
 Mean (SD)0.509 (0.042)0.543 (0.025)0.503 (0.095)0.044220.058410.972890.05841
 Median (min–max)0.513 [0.443–0.579]0.542 [0.504–0.589]0.509 [0.268–0.68]

AD: Alzheimer’s disease; MCI: mild cognitive impairment.
Regional volumes are means of both right and left structures.