Table 4 Partial correlation analysis between the score of P3 hallucination item of PANSS and the type of metabolites.

From: Metabolite differences in the medial prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia patients with and without persistent auditory verbal hallucinations: a 1H MRS study

Metabolite types

P3

r

p

tNAA

−0.24

0.014*

Glx (Glu + Gln)

−0.30

0.002**

Cr + PCr

0.02

0.85

GPC + PCh

−0.15

0.12

mI

−0.08

0.44

  1. P3 P3 hallucination item of PANSS, tNAA N-acetyl-aspartate(NAA) + N-acetyl-aspartyl-glutamate (NAAG), Glx(Glu + Gln) glutamate(Glu) + glutamine(Gln), Cr + PCr creatine + phosphocreatine, GPC + PCh glycerophosphocholine + phosphocholine, mI myo-inositol.
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.
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