Table 3 Correlation between functional/structural connectivity and cognition measurements.

Items	Statistics	MMSE	AVLT	VFT	DST	TMT-A	TMT-B	SDMT
PCC/Pcu to dACC
FC	r	0.318	0.345*	0.362*	0.448*	−0.372*	−0.205	0.428*
(N = 62)	P	0.012	0.006	0.004	0.000	0.003	0.110	0.001
FA	r	0.256	0.065	0.258	0.345*	−0.027	−0.155	0.311*
(N = 55)	P	0.062	0.638	0.059	0.011	0.847	0.263	0.022
MD	r	−0.265	−0.174	−0.266	−0.208	0.038	0.056	−.277*
(N = 55)	P	0.053	0.209	0.051	0.131	0.784	0.687	0.042
AD	r	−0.092	−0.159	−0.156	−0.002	0.079	−0.008	−0.149
(N = 55)	P	0.508	0.251	0.261	0.990	0.572	0.955	0.282
RD	r	−0.304*	−0.157	−0.279*	−0.270*	0.015	0.076	−.296*
(N = 55)	P	0.025	0.258	0.041	0.048	0.913	0.583	0.030
FN	r	0.045	0.031	0.145	0.038	−0.120	0.049	−0.034
(N = 55)	P	0.749	0.822	0.297	0.787	0.386	0.728	0.809
PCC/Pcu to thalamus
FC	r	0.200	0.249	0.306*	0.186	−0.235	−0.050	0.306*
(N = 62)	P	0.120	0.051	0.015	0.148	0.066	0.697	0.016
FA	r	0.238	0.163	0.425	0.489	−0.366	−0.333	0.544*
(N = 14)	P	0.413	0.577	0.130	0.076	0.198	0.244	0.044
MD	r	−0.175	−0.002	−0.285	−0.311	0.397	0.381	−0.457
(N = 14)	P	0.550	0.995	0.322	0.280	0.159	0.179	0.100
AD	r	−0.228	0.037	−0.075	0.031	0.347	0.271	−0.358
(N = 14)	P	0.434	0.899	0.799	0.916	0.224	0.349	0.209
RD	r	−0.140	−0.015	−0.333	−0.401	0.378	0.384	−0.449
(N = 14)	P	0.633	0.958	0.245	0.155	0.183	0.176	0.107
FN	r	−0.507	−0.169	−0.369	−0.154	0.265	0.112	−0.177
(N = 14)	P	0.064	0.565	0.194	0.600	0.360	0.703	0.544

Notes: P value was calculated by partial correlation analysis, taking age and education as the covariate; *P < 0.05.
Abbreviation: MMSE, Mini mental state exam; AVLT, Auditory Verbal Learning Test; DST, Digit span test-forward and backward; VFT, Verbal fluency test-animal and verb; TMT, Trail making test; SDMT, Symbol digit modalities test;. PCC/Pcu, posterior cingulate cortex/precuneus; dACC, dorsal anterior cingulate; FC, functional connectivity; FA, Fractional anisotropy; RD, radial diffusivity; MD, mean diffusivity; AD, axial diffusivity; FN, fiber number.

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