Table 3 Partial correlation between frailty and cortical thickness with age and the MoCA-J score as covariates.

From: Correlation between frailty and reduction in cortical thickness in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

 

Healthy (n = 20)

COPD (n = 40)

KCL

ρ

p

ρ

p

Left

 Superior frontal

− 0.0859

0.7347

− 0.5319

0.0006

Right

 Superior frontal

− 0.0216

0.9322

− 0.5361

0.0005

 Insula

0.2861

0.2497

− 0.4933

0.0017

 Para hippocampal

0.1360

0.5905

− 0.4474

0.0049

 Post central

− 0.2758

0.2679

− 0.3358

0.0393

 Rostral middle frontal

0.0826

0.7447

− 0.3475

0.0326

 Supra marginal

0.4632

0.0529

− 0.3438

0.0346

  1. COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, KCL: Kihon Checklist, MoCA-J: Japanese version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, ρ: partial correlation coefficient.
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