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Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Jul 12;19(12):5742–5754. doi: 10.1002/alz.13358

Table 2.

Interactions of Dietary Cholesterol and Fat with APOE Status in Relation to Blood Lipids


Blood Lipid
APOE Group
(ref=APOE3)
C x APOE
Estimate (95% CI)
SF x APOE
Estimate (95% CI)
TF x APOE
Estimate (95% CI)
MF x APOE
Estimate (95% CI)
PF x APOE
Estimate (95% CI)
LDL Cholesterol APOE2+ 0.01 (−0.02, 0.04) 0.29 (−0.37, 0.95) 0.33 (−1.42, 2.09) −0.33 (−1.35, 0.69) −0.30 (−1.26, 0.66)
APOE4+ 0.03 (0.002, 0.06)* 0.23 (−0.40, 0.85) −0.23 (−1.81, 1.34) −0.55 (−1.53, 0.43) 0.25 (−0.63, 1.12)
HDL Cholesterol APOE2+ −0.01 (−0.02, 0.002) −0.20 (−0.41, 0.02) −0.63 (−1.20, −0.06)* 0.50 (0.17, 0.84) −0.19 (−0.50, 0.12)
APOE4+ −0.01 (−0.02, 0.0001) −0.05 (−0.26, 0.15) 0.09 (−0.42, 0.60) 0.13 (−0.19, 0.45) −0.01 (−0.29, 0.28)
Non−HDL Cholesterol APOE2+ 0.02 (−0.02, 0.05) 0.39 (−0.34, 1.13) 0.71 (−1.25, 2.67) −0.62 (−1.76, 0.52) −0.24 (−1.32, 0.84)
APOE4+ 0.04 (0.01, 0.07)* 0.33 (−0.37, 1.03) −0.43 (−2.19, 1.33) −0.72 (−1.81, 0.38) 0.27 (−0.71, 1.25)
Total Cholesterol APOE2+ 0.01 (−0.03, 0.04) 0.20 (−0.53, 0.93) 0.07 (−1.87, 2.02) −0.12 (−1.24, 1.01) −0.43 (−1.50, 0.64)
APOE4+ 0.03 (−0.003, 0.06) 0.28 (−0.42, 0.97) −0.34 (−2.09, 1.41) −0.59 (−1.68, 0.50) 0.27 (−0.71, 1.24)
LDL/HDL Ratio APOE2+ 0.0004 (−0.0004, 0.001) 0.01 (−0.004, 0.03) 0.02 (−0.02, 0.07) −0.02 (−0.05, 0.004) −0.004 (−0.03, 0.02)
APOE4+ 0.001 (0.0001, 0.002)* 0.01 (−0.01, 0.03) −0.02 (−0.06, 0.03) −0.01 (−0.04, 0.01) 0.001 (−0.02, 0.02)
Total/HDL Ratio APOE2+ 0.001 (−0.001, 0.002) 0.02 (−0.004, 0.04) 0.04 (−0.02, 0.10) −0.03 (−0.07, 0.002) −0.003 (−0.04, 0.03)
APOE4+ 0.001 (0.0001, 0.002)* 0.01 (−0.01, 0.03) −0.02 (−0.07, 0.03) −0.02 (−0.05, 0.01) −0.001 (−0.03, 0.03)
Remnant Cholesterol APOE2+ 0.01 (−0.005, 0.02) 0.11 (−0.13, 0.35) 0.37 (−0.27, 1.01) −0.29 (−0.66, 0.08) 0.06 (−0.29, 0.41)
APOE4+ 0.01 (−0.003, 0.02) 0.10 (−0.13, 0.33) −0.20 (−0.77, 0.37) −0.17 (−0.53, 0.19) 0.02 (−0.30, 0.34)
Triglycerides APOE2+ 0.03 (−0.03, 0.09) 0.52 (−0.68, 1.71) 1.83 (−1.37, 5.02) −1.37 (−3.23, 0.48) 0.24 (−1.51, 2.00)
APOE4+ 0.04 (−0.01, 0.09) 0.49 (−0.65, 1.63) −0.95 (−3.82, 1.92) −0.82 (−2.61, 0.97) 0.10 (−1.50, 1.70)
*

p<0.05,

p<0.01.

SI conversion factor: To convert cholesterol levels to mmol/L, multiply values by 0.0259. To convert triglyceride levels to mmol/L, multiply values by 0.0113.

Abbreviations: C = dietary cholesterol; CI = confidence interval; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; LDL = low-density lipoprotein; MF = dietary monounsaturated fat; PF = dietary polyunsaturated fat; ref = reference group; SF = dietary saturated fat; TF = dietary trans fat; x = interaction between dietary variable and APOE.