Table 3 Associations of intracranial vascular features on TOF/SNAP with MoCA cognitive score after adjusting for ASL/PC CBF (N = 28).

From: Associations of intracranial artery length and branch number on non-contrast enhanced MRA with cognitive impairment in individuals with carotid atherosclerosis

 

Adjusted for ASL CBF

Adjusted for PC CBF

 

β

P

Adjusted R2

β

P

Adjusted R2

TOF, artery length

0.484

0.018

0.452

0.441

0.014

0.492

SNAP, artery length

0.366

0.220

0.331

0.329

0.129

0.392

TOF, number of branches

0.527

0.007

0.493

0.496

0.012

0.502

SNAP, number of branches

0.600

0.047

0.406

0.441

0.056

0.431

TOF, average tortuosity

−0.182

0.283

0.319

−0.164

0.318

0.352

SNAP, average tortuosity

−0.046

0.792

0.282

−0.037

0.830

0.321

  1. Significant values are in bold.
  2. In addition to ASL CBF or PC CBF, we also adjusted for maximum carotid stenosis, age, use of antihypertensive drug and systolic blood pressure.
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