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. 2024 Feb 27;16:45. doi: 10.1186/s13195-024-01414-x

Table 4.

Associations between PRS and AD-related phenotypes

Model 1
(Age, Sex, Education, PC1, PC2)
Model 2
(Age, Sex, Education, PC1, PC2, APOEε4)
Model 3
(Age, Sex, Education, PC1, PC2, APOEε4, APOEε2)
Beta (noAPOE, adjLD) p value (noAPOE, adjLD) Beta (noAPOE, adjLD) p value (noAPOE, adjLD) Beta (noAPOE, adjLD) p value (noAPOE, adjLD)
4a CSF biomarker
All subjects
 tTau/Aβ42 0.167, 0.159 0.017a, 0.017a 0.149, 0.146 0.058, 0.053 0.163, 0.156 0.040a, 0.039a
 pTau/Aβ42 0.200, 0.168 0.004b, 0.011b 0.188, 0.154 0.013a, 0.033a 0.189, 0.155 0.013a, 0.032a
CU subjects
 tTau/Aβ42 -0.082, 0.204 0.804, 0.522 -0.050, 0.265 0.888, 0.435 -0.131, 0.194 0.717, 0.579
 pTau/Aβ42 -0.143, -0.010 0.488, 0.960 -0.134, 0.014 0.545, 0.948 -0.178, -0.029 0.430, 0.895
MCI subjects
 tTau/Aβ42 0.292, 0.277 0.025a, 0.032a 0.294, 0.290 0.043a, 0.043a 0.295, 0.292 0.044a, 0.044a
 pTau/Aβ42 0.363, 0.318 0.004b, 0.011a 0.396, 0.355 0.006a, 0.013a 0.396, 0.357 0.007a, 0.014a
ADD patients
 tTau/Aβ42 -0.054, -0.042 0.665, 0.703 -0.053, -0.043 0.682, 0.703 0.026, 0.006 0.854, 0.959
 pTau/Aβ42 0.066, 0.018 0.577, 0.866 0.070, 0.019 0.565, 0.862 0.084, 0.028 0.485, 0.796
4b Brain volume
All subjects
 Entorhinal -0.014, -0.024 0.776, 0.622 -0.008, -0.018 0.869, 0.714 -0.010, -0.019 0.836, 0.699
 Hippocampus -0.109, -0.115 0.042, 0.033 -0.101, -0.106 0.087, 0.073 -0.101, -0.106 0.088, 0.073
CU subjects
 Entorhinal 0.032, 0.024 0.512, 0.626 0.033, 0.024 0.509, 0.626 0.036, 0.033 0.495, 0.529
 Hippocampus 0.041, -0.010 0.758, 0.943 0.041, -0.010 0.760, 0.942 0.043, -0.016 0.754, 0.908
MCI subjects
 Entorhinal -0.355, -0.357 0.150, 0.156 -0.335, -0.344 0.180, 0.176 -0.332, -0.341 0.184, 0.180
 Hippocampus -0.064, -0.082 0.505, 0.407 -0.041, -0.071 0.694, 0.505 -0.043, -0.073 0.684, 0.497
ADD patients
 Entorhinal 0.108, -0.078 0.745, 0.811 0.084, -0.089 0.801, 0.788 0.112, -0.070 0.739, 0.832
 Hippocampus -0.043, -0.055 0.755, 0.688 -0.080, -0.072 0.574, 0.609 -0.069, -0.064 0.633, 0.652
4c PET imaging
All subjects
 FDG (positive) 0.180, 0.193 0.189, 0.149 0.162, 0.174 0.260, 0.218 0.162, 0.172 0.262, 0.224
 PiB (positive) 0.386, 0.359 0.024a, 0.030 0.446, 0.417 0.025a, 0.030 0.442, 0.412 0.027, 0.033
CU subjects
 FDG (positive) -0.119, -0.070 0.729, 0.839 -0.109, -0.064 0.753, 0.852 -0.109, -0.061 0.755, 0.860
 PiB (positive) 0.037, 0.068 0.923, 0.858 0.072, 0.221 0.874, 0.620 0.059, 0.194 0.899, 0.671
MCI subjects
 FDG (positive) 0.020, 0.053 0.942, 0.845 0.038, 0.077 0.892, 0.787 0.040, 0.076 0.888, 0.791
 PiB (positive) 0.201, 0.175 0.489, 0.552 0.299, 0.320 0.432, 0.407 0.303, 0.327 0.433, 0.405
ADD patients
 FDG (positive) -0.395, -0.232 0.357, 0.542 -0.390, -0.232 0.366, 0.545 -0.352, -0.195 0.417, 0.611
 PiB (positive) -0.716, -0.777 0.313, 0.196 -0.747, -0.935 0.314, 0.133 -0.716, -0.915 0.338, 0.146
4d Neuropsychological test
All subjects
 ADAS 0.171, 0.127 0.001b, 0.008b 0.163, 0.117 0.002b, 0.019a 0.164, 0.116 0.002b, 0.019a
 CDRSB 0.188, 0.167 6.29 × 10−5b, 0.001b 0.182, 0.160 1.78 × 104b, 0.003b 0.182, 0.160 1.84 × 10−4b, 0.003b
 FAQ 0.166, 0.168 3.93 × 10−4b, 3.58 × 10−4b 0.159, 0.161 0.001b, 0.001b 0.159, 0.161 0.001b, 0.001b
 MMSE -0.160, -0.149 0.001b, 0.002b -0.152, -0.141 0.002b, 0.005b -0.152, -0.141 0.002b, 0.005b
CU subjects
 ADAS -0.118, 0.045 0.592, 0.837 -0.119, 0.045 0.591, 0.837 -0.111, 0.057 0.617, 0.795
 CDRSB -1.178, -0.835 0.152, 0.305 -1.208, -0.883 0.152, 0.290 -1.217, -0.896 0.150, 0.284
 FAQ 0.291, 0.359 0.473, 0.368 0.294, 0.359 0.470, 0.369 0.287, 0.349 0.483, 0.385
 MMSE -0.153, -0.228 0.454, 0.258 -0.153, -0.229 0.459, 0.258 -0.140, -0.212 0.503, 0.303
MCI subjects
 ADAS 0.194, 0.193 0.098, 0.107 0.176, 0.185 0.147, 0.136 0.182, 0.192 0.133, 0.123
 CDRSB 0.146, 0.162 0.289, 0.251 0.144, 0.160 0.297, 0.256 0.149, 0.166 0.280, 0.241
 FAQ 0.119, 0.145 0.239, 0.161 0.121, 0.146 0.233, 0.159 0.118, 0.143 0.246, 0.168
 MMSE -0.065, -0.062 0.604, 0.626 -0.055, -0.056 0.661, 0.664 -0.045, -0.046 0.720, 0.722
ADD patients
 ADAS -0.048, -0.026 0.719, 0.844 -0.057, -0.029 0.671, 0.824 -0.057, -0.029 0.672, 0.826
 CDRSB 0.102, 0.063 0.290, 0.501 0.109, 0.066 0.260, 0.485 0.097, 0.060 0.318, 0.528
 FAQ 0.078, 0.056 0.327, 0.472 0.093, 0.062 0.248, 0.430 0.088, 0.060 0.275, 0.450
 MMSE 0.036, 0.045 0.794, 0.734 0.031, 0.044 0.823, 0.746 0.033, 0.045 0.810, 0.740

β estimates and p value were calculated by a linear regression model. P value was corrected in each subject group. Statistically significance was highlighted in bold

aFDR < 0.05

bFDR < 0.01