TABLE 3:

Results of visual inspection of Z-score maps in patients with AD

PatientAge (y)MMSE Score*ExtentHeightAD Pattern
ESLS
15620ES < LSES < LSYesYes
27020ES < LSES = LSYesYes
36321ES = LSES < LSNoNo
46821ES = LSES = LSYesYes
56622ES = LSES = LSYesYes
66822ES < LSES < LSYesYes
77422ES < LSES < LSYesYes
86323ES < LSES < LSYesYes
96723ES < LSES < LSYesYes
106923ES < LSES = LSYesYes
117023ES = LSES = LSYesYes
126224ES < LSES < LSYesYes
136424ES < LSES = LSYesYes
146525ES < LSES < LSYesYes
156725ES = LSES < LSYesYes
165626ES < LSES < LSYesYes
176426ES < LSES = LSYesYes
185327ES < LSES < LSYesYes
196327ES < LSES < LSYesYes
206827ES = LSES = LSYesYes
  • * MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination.

  • ES < LS indicates that the extent of the Z score more than 2.0 or that the maximum Z score in the parietotemporal and posterior cingulate area was larger with ES than with LS; ES = LS, the extent of the Z score or the maximum Z score was approximately equal; and ES > LS, the extent of the Z score or the maximum Z score was smaller with ES than with LS.

  • Yes = temporoparietal and/or posterior cingulate reduction pattern existed; No = pattern did not exist.