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Table 3 Regression coefficients (linear regression analysis) between hippocampal volume in patients and controls, and odor identification and memory tests

From: The brain structural and cognitive basis of odor identification deficits in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

Tests

Hippocampal volume

 

Patients beta (p value)

Controls beta (p value)

B-SIT

0.58 (0.012)*

0.10 (0.60)

SSIT

0.71 (0.002)*

0.22 (0.26)

MMSE

0.36 (0.18)

0.46 (0.014)*

Ten-word test, total recall

0.03 (0.91)

0.20 (0.30)

Ten-word test, delayed recall

0.21 (0.43)

0.38 (0.043)*

RCFT, figure copying

-0.53 (0.06)

0.03 (0.86)

RCFT, immediate recall

0.002 (0.99)

0.04 (0.85)

RCFT, delayed recall

0.15 (0.62)

0.12 (0.60)

  1. Linear regression analysis: *p < 0.05
  2. B-SIT; Brief Smell Identification Test, SSIT; Sniffin Sticks Identification Test, MMSE; Mini-Mental State Examination, RCFT; Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test.
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BMC Neurology

ISSN: 1471-2377

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