Table 2.
Location, AAL coordinates, and statistical significance of the regions showing the associations of cognitive performance and gray matter atrophy.
| Associations of cognitive scores and gray matter atrophy | Region | BA | Coordinates (mm) | P | T value | F value | ||
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| MMSE | Left superior temporal gyrus | −49.37 | 18.58 | −20.45 | <0.001 | 24.47 | ||
| Left middle temporal gyrus | Left BA 21 | −65.38 | −14.74 | −9.35 | <0.001 | 24.15 | ||
| Left superior temporal gyrus | Left BA 42 | −65.35 | −24.27 | 9.39 | <0.001 | 23.82 | ||
| Right inferior temporal gyrus | 55.56 | −60.45 | −23.87 | <0.001 | 19.10 | |||
| Right middle temporal gyrus | 67.59 | −28.61 | −17.99 | <0.001 | 17.44 | |||
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| CASI | Left superior temporal gyrus | Left BA 38 | −43.38 | 21.68 | −24.37 | <0.001 | 5.11 | |
| Left middle temporal gyrus | −7.40 | −27.59 | −14.71 | <0.001 | 4.76 | |||
| Left superior temporal gyrus | Left BA 42 | −65.35 | −24.32 | 11.39 | <0.001 | 4.53 | ||
| Right superior temporal gyrus | Right BA 22 | 67.63 | −23.15 | 1.17 | <0.001 | 4.01 | ||
| Right middle temporal gyrus | 68.60 | −28.67 | −15.99 | <0.001 | 3.66 | |||
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| PDD-short screen | Left middle temporal gyrus | Left BA 39 | −54.37 | −61.49 | 16.32 | 0.001 | 3.62 | |
| Right superior temporal gyrus | 66.64 | −24.20 | 3.15 | 0.001 | 3.80 | |||
| Right insula | 45.66 | −10.33 | 8.58 | 0.001 | 3.77 | |||
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| Composite free-recall verbal memory | Right middle temporal gyrus | Right BA 21 | 67.60 | −33.72 | −14.13 | 0.001 | 6.32 | |
| Right superior temporal gyrus | 66.64 | −25.26 | 5.12 | 0.001 | 5.32 | |||
| Right insula gyrus | Right BA 13 | 42.67 | 0.67 | 8.8 | 0.001 | 4.95 | ||
| Left temporal pole | Left BA 38 | −39.38 | 22.76 | −27.35 | 0.001 | 5.74 | ||
| Left superior temporal gyrus | −62.34 | −15.30 | 10.64 | 0.001 | 5.62 | |||
| Left middle temporal gyrus | Left BA 19 | −52.38 | −63.38 | 12.26 | 0.001 | 5.12 | ||
| Left middle temporal gyrus | −52.36 | −59.57 | 19.37 | 0.001 | 3.96 | |||
| Left insula gyrus | Left BA 13 | −43.31 | 3.31 | −2.04 | 0.00 | 5.88 | ||
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| Delayed free-recall verbal memory | Right insula | Right BA 13 | 44.60 | −9.60 | 3.13 | 0.001 | 3.94 | |
| Left insula | Left BA 13 | −48.48 | −12.39 | 9.6 | 0.001 | 3.77 | ||
| Right insula | Right BA 13 | 40.66 | −13.38 | 10.50 | 0.001 | 3.62 | ||
| Right insula | 93.73 | −12.34 | −67.97 | 0.001 | ||||
| Right insula | Right BA 12 | 48.48 | −12.34 | 8.3 | 0.001 | 4.46 | ||
| Left inferior frontal gyrus | −34.38 | 11.51 | −18.67 | 0.001 | 4.08 | |||
| Right supramarginal gyrus | 60.67 | −28.70 | 21.04 | 0.001 | 4.27 | |||
| Left middle temporal gyrus | −65.38 | −37.04 | 1.03 | 0.001 | 4.46 | |||
| Left superior temporal gyrus | −61.34 | −34.63 | 22.09 | 0.001 | 4.17 | |||
| Right middle temporal gyrus | 46.63 | −68.68 | 19.94 | 0.001 | 4.15 | |||
| Left rolandic opercular gyrus | −50.34 | −6.23 | 7.87 | 0.001 | 4.03 | |||
BA: Brodmann area; CASI: cognitive abilities screening instrument; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; PDD: Parkinson disease dementia.