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. 2023 Mar 6;5(2):fcad057. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad057

Table 2.

The results of linear mixed effect models of pTau217. Each model included a per-participant random intercept. For each, Sensitivity analysis 1 included observations from eight additional participants who were either cognitively unimpaired or missing a cognitive diagnosis at first available plasma draw (N = 7) or whose pTau217 values were highly influential (N = 1), and Sensitivity analysis 2 excluded six single observations on five participants for which measured pTau217 values fell below the lower limit of detection

pTau217 as a function of GBTM-DVR
Primary set Sensitivity set 1 Sensitivity set 2
Predictors Estimates CI P Estimates CI P Estimates CI P
 Intercept 0.00 −0.08–0.08 0.968 0.00 −0.12–0.12 0.972 0.00 −0.08–0.08 0.984
 GBTM-DVR 0.83 0.75–0.90 <0.001 0.46 0.35–0.56 <0.001 0.83 0.75–0.90 <0.001
Random effects
σ2 0.12 0.32 0.12
τ00 0.25 Reggieid 0.52 Reggieid 0.25 Reggieid
 ICC 0.67 0.62 0.67
N 165 Reggieid 173 Reggieid 165 Reggieid
 Observations 515 530 509
 Marginal R2/conditional R2 0.648/0.885 0.200/0.695 0.649/0.885
pTau217 as a function of age, moderated by binary PiB status
 Intercept 0.23 0.20–0.27 <0.001 0.27 0.21–0.34 <0.001 0.23 0.20–0.27 <0.001
 Amyloid positivity 0.19 0.13–0.24 <0.001 0.16 0.06–0.26 0.002 0.19 0.13–0.24 <0.001
 Age (centred), linear 0.00 −0.00–0.00 0.337 0.00 −0.00–0.01 0.267 0.00 −0.00–0.00 0.350
 Amyloid positivity × age (centred), linear 0.02 0.02–0.03 <0.001 0.01 0.00–0.03 0.021 0.02 0.02–0.03 <0.001
Random effects
σ2 0.01 0.05 0.01
τ00 0.03 Reggieid 0.09 Reggieid 0.03 Reggieid
 ICC 0.81 0.66 0.81
N 165 Reggieid 173 Reggieid 165 Reggieid
 Observations 515 530 509
 Marginal R2/conditional R2 0.355/0.879 0.093/0.695 0.356/0.878

GBTM-DVR = group-based trajectory modelled distribution volume ratio from amyloid PET; ICC = intraclass correlation; pTau217 = phosphorylated tau 217.

Bold text denotes statistical significance.