Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

Table 4 Correlation between capillary density, flow area of SCP and ICP with MMSE and MoCA score

From: Potential ocular indicators to distinguish posterior cortical atrophy and typical Alzheimer’s disease: a cross-section study using optical coherence tomography angiography

	SCP				ICP
	Vessel density		Flow area		Vessel density		Flow area
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
MMSE
0–1 mm circle	-0.0003	0.9975	-0.0710	0.4806	-0.0504	0.6170	-0.0386	0.7015
0–3 mm circle	0.1637	0.1020	0.1874	0.0606	0.1895	0.0576	0.2662	0.0071
1–3 mm ring	0.1602	0.1095	0.1974	0.0479	0.2116	0.0337	0.2847	0.0039
Superior inner	0.1802	0.0713	0.2009	0.0439	0.2024	0.0423	0.2562	0.0097
Temporal inner	0.0654	0.5157	0.0970	0.3344	0.1040	0.3007	0.1932	0.0529
Inferior inner	0.1116	0.2667	0.1417	0.1575	0.3144	0.0014	0.3068	0.0018
Nasal inner	0.2254	0.0234	0.2443	0.0138	0.1134	0.2587	0.2248	0.0238
MoCA
0–1 mm circle	0.0209	0.8357	-0.0526	0.6013	-0.0214	0.8319	-0.0333	0.7411
0–3 mm circle	0.1672	0.0948	0.1826	0.0676	0.1947	0.0511	0.2557	0.0098
1–3 mm ring	0.1631	0.1031	0.1909	0.0558	0.2119	0.0334	0.2771	0.0050
Superior inner	0.1822	0.0683	0.1943	0.0515	0.1879	0.0599	0.2307	0.0203
Temporal inner	0.0398	0.6924	0.0669	0.5063	0.0983	0.3280	0.1835	0.0663
Inferior inner	0.1290	0.1984	0.1611	0.1076	0.3272	0.0008	0.3142	0.0014
Nasal inner	0.2291	0.0212	0.2349	0.0181	0.1257	0.2102	0.2325	0.0193

Abbreviation: SCP superficial capillary plexus, MMSE Mini-mental State Examination, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Bold type of p for statistical significance

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