Table 3

Zero-order and partial correlations between emotional, haemodynamic and functional connectivity measured in the total sample of patients with NPSLE

AnxietyAnxiety controlling for age and depression
Haemodynamic lead*ICC*Haemodynamic lead†ICC†
R MFG (BA 46/9)0.317−0.654<0.1−0.572
L MFG (BA 46/9)0.307−0.294<0.1−0.337
R ACC (ΒΑ 32)0.311−0.1780.164<0.1
L Subgenual ACC0.417<0.10.221<0.1
R lat. Orbitofrontal (ΒΑ 10)0.595−0.4360.372−0.260
R Amygdala0.591−0.1960.524−0.262
L Amygdala0.249−0.4050.376−0.273
ROI-to-ROI connectivity‡
(R)ACC←→Amygdala0.6110.496
(R)med. Frontal gyrus←→MFG−0.758−0.652
DepressionDepression controlling for age and anxiety
L ACC (ΒΑ 32)<0.1<0.1<0.1
R Precuneus (ΒΑ 7)<0.1−0.131<0.1
R lat. Orbitofrontal (ΒΑ 11)0.590<0.10.4400.198
L lat. Orbitofrontal (ΒΑ 11)0.502<0.10.5340.421
R med. Orbitofrontal (BA 11)0.656−0.438 L0.562−0.576
R med. Frontal gyrus (ΒΑ 9)0.412−0.3180.241−0.242
L med. Frontal gyrus (ΒΑ 10)0.403 p−0.2360.271−0.269
R Amygdala0.377−0.411<0.1−0.322
L Amygdala<0.1−0.434−0.316−0.266
ROI-to-ROI connectivity‡
(R)ACC←→Amygdala0.564<1
(R)med. Frontal gyrus←→MFG−0.562<0.1
  • Haemodynamic lead: Percentage of voxels with negative TSA values within a given ROI. Note: all other pairwise connectivity measures: r<0.15.

  • *Correlations shown bold were significant at p<0.007.

  • †p<0.006.

  • ‡p<0.002.

  • ACC, anterior cingulate cortex; lat., lateral; med., medial; MFG, middle frontal gyrus.