Table 4.

The Bayes factors (BF₀₁) for the three groups showing the strength of relationships between the six ROIs, BrainPAD and TMT-A. ROIs average values were corrected for age, education and total intracranial volume.

		Locus Coeruleus	Dorsal Raphe	Median Raphe	Ventral Tegmental Area	Nucleus Basalis of Meynert	Control Pontine ROI
HC (n = 395)
BrainPAD	Pearson’s r	−0.197 ***	−0.292 ***	−0.107	−0.074	−0.107	−0.109
	BF10	142.324	22.466	0.608	0.185	0.599	0.643
TMT-A	Pearson’s r	−0.082	−0.158	−0.025	−0.045	0.085	−0.042
	BF10	0.236	9.117	0.071	0.094	0.257	0.089
MCI (n = 156)
BrainPAD	Pearson’s r	−0.385 ***	−0.321 ***	−0.039	0.147	−0.318 ***	0.007
	BF10	19303.214	399.634	0.113	0.523	339.646	0.101
TMT-A	Pearson’s r	−0.326 ***	−0.219	0.001	0.019	0.029	0.007
	BF10	517.357	4.219	0.100	0.103	0.107	0.101
AD (n = 135)
BrainPAD	Pearson’s r	−0.297 **	−0.249	−0.217	−0.305	−0.132	0.100
	BF10	46.538	7.031	2.541	4.657	0.340	0.209
TMT-A	Pearson’s r	−0.384 ***	−0.119	−0.041	−0.319 ***	−0.315 ***	−0.5224
	BF10	3640.710	0.272	0.120	124.076	102.490	0.108

** BF₁₀ > 30, *** BF₁₀ > 100.