Table 3: Correlation between Spermidine and Neuroimaging and clinical data.

Variables

r

P

n = 43

   

Total CNS Vol

-0.054

0.75

     

Ventricular CSF Vol

0.123

0.48

     

Subarachnoid Vol

-0.168

0.33

     

Hippocampal Vol

0.07

0.7

     

WM Hyper intensity Vol

-0.142

0.42

Apoe4

0.209

0.19

n = 24

   
     

hepcidin

0.312

0.15

     

Hepcidin (MMSE: 8-19)

0.604

0.02

     

Hepcidin (CDR-SOB: 12-6)

0.601

0.03

Ferritin

0.221

0.33

Iron

-0.174

0.45

Transferrin

-0.314

0.26

% saturation

0.148

0.53

Aβ 40

-0.13

0.61

Aβ 42

-0.0467

0.83

     

Abbreviations: AD: Alzheimer's disease, Aβ: amyloid beta, CDR-SOB: clinical dementia rating scale sum of boxes, MMSE: mini mental state examination, WM: white matter