Research Article

Insula Volume and Salience Network Are Associated with Memory Decline in Parkinson Disease: Complementary Analyses of Voxel-Based Morphometry versus Volume of Interest

Table 1

Clinical and demographic characteristics of the PD-MCI patients.

PD-MCI, , mean (SD)

Age (yr)68.1 ± 8.4
Education (yr)6.5 ± 1.2
Men (%)47.8%
PD duration (yr)4.8 ± 2.2
Hoehn and YahrStage 1 = 7
Stage 2 = 15
Stage 3 = 1
UPDRS-III29.8 ± 16.6
MMSE24.0 ± 3.8
CASI77.9 ± 11.6
 Concentration5.8 ± 2.9
 Attention7.0 ± 1.0
 Orientation16.4 ± 2.3
 Long-term memory9.8 ± 0.6
 Short-term memory8.0 ± 3.3
 Abstraction7.7 ± 2.6
 Visual construction7.7 ± 2.6
 List-generating fluency6.3 ± 2.1
 Language abilities8.8 ± 1.5
PDD-short screen12.9 ± 4.6
 Immediate free-recall verbal memory3.7 ± 1.4
 Alternating verbal fluency1.4 ± 0.8
 Questionnaire3.9 ± 1.1
 Clock-drawing task2.2 ± 1.6
 Delayed free-recall verbal memory2.0 ± 1.7

CASI: cognitive abilities screening instrument; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; PD: Parkinson disease; PDD: PD dementia.