Table 5:

Correlation coefficients (P values) for semipartial correlations after adjusting MRI parameters for age and EDSS for disease duration

GPPutCauAputPput
Sqrt (Flanker) vs age-adjusted QSM0.26 (.18)0.36 (.063)0.51 (.0058)a0.45 (.016)a0.26 (.17)
Sqrt (Flanker) vs age-adjusted R20.33 (.09)0.34 (.08)0.31 (.11)0.37 (.056)0.23 (.25)
Duration-adjusted EDSS vs age-adjusted QSM0.00 (.98)0.39 (.036)a0.01 (.95)0.34 (.07)0.40 (.032)a
Duration-adjusted EDSS vs age-adjusted R20.16 (.43)0.51 (.0059)a0.46 (.014)a0.51 (.0054)a0.44 (.019)a
  • Note:—Sqrt indicates the square root transformation used for the non-normal distributed Flanker test metrics; Cau, caudate; Put, putamen; Aput, cognitive anterior part of putamen, region predominantly connected to frontal cortex; Pput, motor posterior part of putamen, region predominantly connected to sensorimotor cortex.

  • a Statistically significant at P < .05.