Neuropsychiatric manifestations and magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the brain in systemic lupus erythematosus patients

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 4 Correlation between MR spectroscopic measurements and anti-ribosomal P antibody titer in group 2 patients (SLEDAI > 4) (n = 30)

Variable	Anti-ribosomal P antibody titer
Variable	rs	P
NAA/Cr	−0.579	0.001^*
Cho Cr	−0.173	0.361
mI/Cr	0.268	0.25

Cho choline compound, Cr creatine and phosphocreatine, mI myo-inositol, NAA N-acetylaspartate
^*p ≤ 0.05