TABLE 3

Correlation Between Neurocognitive Function and ¹⁸F-FDG PET Brain ROI

	Neurocognitive function
ROI	Vocabulary	Reading	Calculation	Visuomotor	Oral naming	Attention span	Verbal memory	Working memory	Cognitive flexibility
Lateral frontal lobe (R)	0.06	−0.20	0.05	−0.11	0.48*	−0.07	0.10	−0.05	0.13
Lateral frontal lobe (L)	0.20	−0.09	0.01	−0.11	0.47^†	−0.13	0.20	0.02	−0.08
Medial frontal lobe (R)	−0.01	−0.28	0.21	−0.04	−0.17	−0.10	0.12	−0.17	0.14
Medial frontal lobe (L)	0.19	−0.05	0.27	0.03	−0.07	−0.12	0.23	0.00	0.15
Lateral parietal lobe (R)	−0.19	−0.03	-0.29	0.09	0.09	−0.07	−0.06	0.14	0.40^‡
Lateral parietal lobe (L)	−0.01	0.10	−0.09	0.16	0.16	−0.10	0.29	−0.01	0.36^‡
Medial parietal lobe (R)	0.04	0.16	−0.21	−0.14	0.07	−0.10	0.27	0.16	0.19
Medial parietal lobe (L)	0.05	0.23	−0.10	−0.10	0.17	0.24	0.26	0.18	0.22
Temporal lobe (R)	0.33	0.27	0.18	0.20	−0.04	−0.03	0.15	0.37^‡	−0.06
Temporal lobe (L)	0.36	0.32	0.19	0.26	0.08	−0.06	0.29	0.20	−0.07
Cerebellum (R)	−0.09	−0.05	−0.18	−0.18	−0.10	0.22	0.11	0.17	−0.17
Cerebellum (L)	−0.14	−0.06	−0.21	−0.16	−0.05	0.19	0.02	0.11	−0.16
Caudate (R)	−0.24	−0.30	-0.43^†	−0.20	−0.16	−0.32	−0.13	-0.57*	-0.56*
Caudate (L)	−0.11	−0.32	−0.32	−0.12	−0.31	-0.39^‡	−0.08	-0.51*	-0.47^†
Putamen (R)	−0.35	-0.39^‡	-0.45^†	−0.14	−0.16	-0.35^‡	−0.33	-0.53*	-0.56*
Putamen (L)	−0.31	-0.40^‡	-0.39^‡	−0.10	−0.14	-0.38^‡	-0.36^‡	-0.50*	-0.56*
Amygdala (R)	0.08	0.17	0.11	−0.09	0.23	0.02	−0.15	0.05	0.03
Amygdala (L)	0.09	0.07	0.04	−0.33	0.03	0.05	0.03	0.22	−0.23
Parahippocampus (R)	−0.03	−0.03	−0.05	0.02	0.15	−0.04	−0.14	0.12	0.09
Parahippocampus (L)	−0.01	0.19	−0.10	−0.21	0.28	0.05	−0.22	0.19	−0.06

Correlation coefficients presented for entire sample by right and left brain ROI, with significance identified as follows: *P < 0.005; ^†P < 0.01; ^‡P < 0.05.