Application of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in metabolic alterations of prefrontal white and gray matter in depression adolescents

Table 5 Correlation analysis between proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy findings and scale scores in the research group

		HAMD-24	MQ
Prefrontal white matter
NAA/Cr	Left	-0.511a	0.307
	Right	-0.425a	0.367a
Cho/Cr	Left	-0.407a	0.382a
	Right	-0.481a	0.335
mI/Cr	Left	-0.178	0.221
	Right	-0.018	0.004
Anterior cingulate gray matter
NAA/Cr	Left	0.134	-0.193
	Right	-0.152	-0.030
Cho/Cr	Left	0.156	-0.283
	Right	-0.038	-0.094
mI/Cr	Left	0.165	-0.079
	Right	0.095	-0.033
Thalamus
NAA/Cr	Left	-0.086	-0.005
	Right	-0.106	0.020
Cho/Cr	Left	-0.457a	0.374a
	Right	-0.392a	0.431a
mI/Cr	Left	-0.596a	0.492a
	Right	-0.482a	0.397a

^aP < 0.05.

MQ: Memory quotient; HAMD-24: 24-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; NAA: N-acetyl-aspartate; Cr: Creatine; Cho: Choline; mI: Myo-inositol.