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. 2022 Jul 15;2(7):616–634. doi: 10.1038/s43587-022-00241-9

Extended Data Fig. 2. Associations between plasma soluble ST2 levels and Alzheimer’s disease in the Chinese_cohort_1, stratified by sex and APOE-ε4 genotypes.

Extended Data Fig. 2

(a) Individual plasma soluble ST2 (sST2) levels stratified by sex and disease phenotype (male: n = 132 healthy controls [HCs], n = 84 individuals with Alzheimer’s disease [AD]; female: n = 204 HCs, n = 193 individuals with AD). Test for effects of sex: β = −3.848 and −3.257 in HCs and individuals with AD, respectively; test for effects of AD: β = 1.926 and 2.235 in males and females, respectively. (b, c) Individual plasma sST2 levels stratified by APOE-ε4 genotypes and disease phenotype in (b) males (male ε4: n = 28 HCs, n = 29 individuals with AD; male non-ε4: n = 104 HCs, n = 55 individuals with AD), and (c) females (female ε4: n = 25 HCs, n = 71 individuals with AD; female non-ε4: n = 179 HCs, n = 122 individuals with AD). Test for effects of APOE-ε4: β = −1.809, −1.499, −0.248, and 2.425 in male HCs, male individuals with AD, female HCs, and female individuals with AD, respectively; test for effects of AD: β = 2.034, 1.098, 3.833, and 1.811 in male ε4, male non-ε4, female ε4, and female non-ε4, respectively. ε4, APOE-ε4 carriers; non-ε4, APOE-ε4 noncarriers. Data are presented as box-and-whisker plots including maximum, 75th percentile, median, 25th percentile, and minimum values; plus signs (+) denote corresponding mean values. Linear regression test, adjusted for age, cardiovascular disease status, body mass index (BMI), and education level, with multiple testing correction; #FDR < 0.05, ##FDR < 0.01, ###FDR < 0.001; *FDR < 0.05, **FDR < 0.01, ***FDR < 0.001. FDR, false discovery rate.