Table 3.

Relationships between CSF biomarkers and morphometric ROIs in the MCI group

t-tau42p-taut-tau/Aβ42p-tau/Aβ42
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BLLongBLLongBLLongBLLongBLLong
Subcortical ROIs
    Cerebral white matter1.511.01.720.941.380.741.040.090.700.01
    Cerebellar white matter1.224.690.640.021.236.35*0.983.340.934.90
    Cerebellar gray matter0.121.110.290.780.541.860.014.760.564.86
    Thalamus0.310.004.350.240.020.012.050.140.870.48
    Caudate15.58*0.771.800.0515.68*0.2810.84*0.0610.59*0.00
    Putamen0.100.280.162.130.900.010.000.530.230.07
    Pallidum0.090.250.520.890.113.720.140.620.163.21
    Hippocampus2.457.31*2.857.08*2.217.00*2.545.142.015.51
    Amygdala2.0514.50*2.6814.20*1.8123.91*2.0611.58*1.4920.03*
    Accumbens1.112.191.411.321.252.200.571.230.651.11
    Brainstem0.062.930.230.890.052.540.015.270.044.04
Ventricular ROIs
    Lateral ventricle5.653.880.019.59*4.076.84*2.924.632.717.62*
    Inferior lateral ventricle0.233.402.5911.94*0.055.910.054.010.016.02
    3rd ventricle1.802.464.551.390.543.901.431.270.012.00
    4th ventricle0.890.740.051.990.680.910.301.960.201.99
Cortical ROIs
    Cuneus5.335.581.210.241.292.372.256.150.462.92
    Entorhinal6.99*9.25*3.8011.85*6.4918.03*6.82*4.645.9811.66*
    Fusiform3.853.981.3218.272.188.513.342.571.716.34
    Inferior parietal5.372.420.588.942.967.703.820.541.964.01
    Inferior temporal8.23*7.12*0.7511.76*3.1213.75*5.553.281.887.65*
    Retrosplenial2.913.660.413.252.983.402.220.711.901.00
    Lateral orbfrontal1.581.530.380.140.801.541.790.130.650.05
    Lingual0.260.350.015.430.770.000.020.050.600.02
    Medial orbfrontal0.113.980.050.830.003.500.163.350.002.56
    Middle temporal10.60*7.24*1.6510.01*6.74*12.65*8.85*3.135.596.75*
    Parahippocampal6.069.20*3.0013.62*2.1011.87*8.07*6.76*3.239.37*
    Precentral0.442.112.710.240.020.500.033.820.101.80
    Precuneus8.64*0.090.394.596.511.285.490.084.050.40
    Superior frontal3.140.840.940.133.231.102.010.041.570.09
    Supramarginal4.100.710.002.591.801.743.150.021.210.17
  • BL, Baseline; Long, longitudinal.

  • *p < 0.01. Sex, age, and ICV were regressed out from all subcortical and ventricular variables, and sex and age were regressed out from all cortical variables, before they were entered into the analyses. Relationships at baseline are with volume (subcortical and ventricular ROIs) or thickness (cortical ROIs) and were tested by linear regression analyses. Relationships with longitudinal data are with percentage change for each ROI and were tested by mixed-effects general linear models.