Table 2 Summary of the Kendall’s tau correlational analysis. ILF = inferior longitudinal fasciculus; MLF = middle longitudinal fasciculus, SLF = superior longitudinal fasciculus. See Appendix 2 for the average number of streamlines of each tract that went through the WMH map.
Age | |||
|---|---|---|---|
White Matter Tract | Hemisphere | Correlation | p—value |
Arcuate Fasciculus | Right | 0.265 | < 0.001 |
Corpus Callosum | 0.178 | < 0.001 | |
Extreme Capsule | Right | 0.242 | < 0.001 |
Frontal Aslant Tract | Right | 0.279 | < 0.001 |
ILF | Left | 0.219 | < 0.001 |
ILF | Right | 0.288 | < 0.001 |
MLF | Left | 0.249 | < 0.001 |
MLF | Right | 0.278 | < 0.001 |
SLF | Left | 0.188 | < 0.001 |
SLF | Right | 0.245 | < 0.001 |
MoCA Total Score | |||
SLF | Right | -0.182 | < 0.001 |
Extreme Capsule | Right | -0.148 | 0.007 (approaching significance) |
Middle Longitudinal Fasciculus | Right | -0.154 | 0.005 (approaching significance) |
Frontal Aslant Tract | Right | -0.148 | 0.007 (approaching significance) |
Frontal Aslant Tract | Left | -0.146 | 0.007 (approaching significance) |
MoCA Memory Index | |||
Extreme Capsule | Right | -0.169 | 0.002 |
Frontal Aslant Tract | Right | -0.248 | < 0.001 |
Frontal Aslant Tract | Left | -0.192 | < 0.001 |
MLF | Right | -0.189 | < 0.001 |
SLF | Right | -0.223 | < 0.001 |
SLF | Left | -0.193 | < 0.001 |
ILF | Right | -0.149 | 0.006 (approaching significance) |
ILF | Left | -0.156 | 0.004 (approaching significance) |
