Amyloid deposition and its association with depressive symptoms and cognitive functions in late-life depression: a longitudinal study using amyloid-β PET images and neuropsychological measurements

Table 3 Correlation between amyloid deposition and baseline neurocognitive assessments in late-onset depression

Items of Neurocognitive Tests	Structure Name	rho	p	Adjusted p^*
COWAT Animal	Right Precuneus	-0.442	0.031	0.334
COWAT Phonemic Total	Right Posterior Cingulate	-0.418	0.047	0.391
COWAT Phonemic Total	Right Precuneus	-0.441	0.035	0.391
K-CWST Word Reading Time	Left Inferior Frontal Lobe	-0.530	0.008	0.142
	Left Orbitofrontal Cortex	-0.419	0.042	0.142
	Right Inferior Frontal Lobe	-0.457	0.025	0.142
	Right Inferior Parietal Lobe	-0.455	0.026	0.142
	Right Medial Temporal Lobe	-0.430	0.036	0.142
	Right Orbitofrontal Cortex	-0.442	0.031	0.142
	Right Precuneus	-0.467	0.022	0.142
K-CWST Color Reading Correct	Left Lateral Occipital Lobe	0.422	0.045	0.293
	Right Lateral Temporal Lobe	0.478	0.021	0.183
	Right Posterior Cingulate	0.497	0.016	0.183
	Right Precuneus	0.485	0.019	0.183
K-TMT-E Part B Success Time	Left Inferior Parietal Lobe	-0.493	0.017	0.080
	Left Medial Occipital Lobe	-0.516	0.012	0.076
	Left Middle Frontal Lobe	-0.432	0.040	0.114
	Left Posterior Cingulate	-0.461	0.027	0.097
	Left Precuneus	-0.555	0.006	0.076
	Left Superior Parietal Lobe	-0.571	0.004	0.076
	Right Anterior Cingulate	-0.519	0.011	0.076
	Right Superior Frontal Lobe	-0.487	0.018	0.080
	Right Superior Parietal Lobe	-0.453	0.030	0.097

COWAT Controlled Oral Word Association Test, K-CWST Korean-Color Word Stroop Test, K-TMT-E Korean-Trail Making Test-Elderly’s version
^*Spearman correlational analyses were performed after adjusting for depressive symptom severity, age, sex, and years of education with false discovery rate for multiple comparisons

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