TABLE 3.
Comparisons of Alzheimer's stigma reactions between Black and White participants in the positive versus negative brain scan test result (N = 2506).
| Black | White | Full model | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FS‐ADS domain |
Estimate name |
Positive vs. negative biomarker | Positive vs. negative biomarker | Race group X biomarker result term |
| Structural discrimination | OR (95% CI) | 2.62 b (2.19 to 3.16) | 2.12 b (1.72 to 2.64) | 1.17 (.87 to 1.57) |
| p‐value | <0.001 | <0.001 | 29 | |
| Negative severity | ||||
| attributions | OR (95% CI) | 1.52 b (1.27 to 1.82) | 1.28 a (1.04 to 1.58) | 1.06 (.79 to 1.43) |
| p‐value | <0.001 | 02 | 67 | |
| Negative aesthetic attributions | OR (95% CI) | 1.02 (.83 to 1.26) | 1.06 (.84 to 1.33) | 93 (.66 to 1.30) |
| p‐value | 84 | 64 | 67 | |
| Antipathy | OR (95% CI) | 1.55 b (1.29 to 1.86) | 1.15 (.93 to 1.43) | 1.28 (.95 to 1.72) |
| p‐value | <0.001 | 18 | 10 | |
| Support | OR (95% CI) | 1.28 b (1.07 to 1.54) | 1.46 b (1.18 to 1.80) | 82 (.61 to 1.10) |
| p‐value | 006 | <0.001 | 18 | |
| Pity | OR (95%CI) | 2.04 b (1.70 to 2.44) | 1.78 b (1.44 to 2.20) | 1.04 (.77 to 1.39) |
| p‐value | <0.001 | <0.001 | 81 | |
| Social distance | OR (95% CI) | 1.57 b (1.30 to 1.89) | 1.21 (.97 to 1.49) | 1.28 (.94 to 1.72) |
| p‐value | <0.001 | 09 | 11 |
Note: Full model controls for covariates of participant age, gender, Hispanic ethnicity, and educational attainment.
Abbreviations: 95%CI, normal 95% confidence interval; FS‐ADS, Family Stigma in Alzheimer's Disease Scale; OR, odds ratio from ordered logistic regression.
a
p < 0.05.
b
p < 0.001.