Table 5:

Correlations between quantitative imaging measures in the subcortical GM structures and global imaging variables in patients with MS^{^a}

Basal Ganglia Variable	Global Imaging Variable
Basal Ganglia Variable	MPF in NAWM	MPF in GM	MPF in Lesions	Lesion Volume
MPF (CN)	0.54^{^b}	0.43^{^c}	0.05	−0.36
MPF (GP)	0.63^{^b}	0.59^{^b}	0.52^{^b}	−0.30
MPF (putamen)	0.56^{^b}	0.51^{^b}	0.32	−0.37^{^c}
MPF (SN)	0.63^{^b}	0.50^{^b}	0.45^{^c}	−0.31
MPF (thalamus)	0.55^{^b}	0.39^{^c}	0.19	−0.24
T2* (CN)	0.01	0.14	0.08	0.09
T2* (GP)	0.05	0.29	0.15	−0.04
T2* (putamen)	0.19	0.30	0.14	0.02
T2* (SN)	−0.28	−0.12	−0.08	0.11
T2* (thalamus)	−0.07	0.02	0.16	0.13

↵a Data are Pearson correlation coefficients. To correct for deviations from normal distribution, we applied the Box-Cox transformation to the lesion volume with the power of 0.5.
↵b P < .01.
↵c .01 ≤ P < .05.