Corpus Callosum Microstructural Changes Correlate with Cognitive Dysfunction in Early Stages of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: Axial and Radial Diffusivities Approach
Table 4
Pearson’s correlation test between the main cognitive tasks and DTI parameters (considering z scores of all MS patients).
MD
FA
AD
RD
HVLT-Immediate recall
0.09
0.25
0.12
−0.04
-value
0.7
0.2
0.6
0.9
HVLT-Delayed recall
0.33
−0.32
0.04
0.45
-value
0.1
0.1
0.8
0.03*
ROCF-Delayed recall
−0.10
0.15
−0.05
−0.014
-value
0.6
0.5
0.8
0.5
Logical memory I
−0.07
0.16
0.05
−0.21
-value
0.7
0.6
0.8
0.3
Logical memory II
−0.02
0.41
0.2
−0.21
-value
0.9
0.05**
0.3
0.3
Symbol Digit (SDMT)
−0.37
0.46
−0.17
−0.37
-value
0.07**
0.02*
0.4
0.07**
TMT
−0.31
−0.01
−0.37
−0.18
-value
0.1
0.9
0.08**
0.4
Stroop
−0.33
0.36
−0.12
−0.39
-value
0.1
0.08**
0.6
0.06**
FAS
−0.29
0.2
−0.17
−0.24
-value
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.3
Category association
−0.09
−0.04
−0.24
0.03
-value
0.7
0.9
0.3
0.9
Wisconsin
0.03
−0.15
−0.18
0.14
-value
0.9
0.5
0.3
0.5
*Significant correlation between cognitive test and DTI parameter.
**Cognitive tests that presented a tendency of correlation with the respective DTI parameter.
