Table 2.
Linear mixed models of plasma and neuroimaging biomarkers predicting MMSE score change in MCI. The first columns represent the univariate model with each biomarker modelled individually, and the last columns represent the model comprising all the biomarkers. All the models included age, sex, and years of education as fixed factors
Predictors | Univariate model with one biomarker | Multivariate model with all biomarkers (AIC = 621) | Multivariate model with significant predictors (AIC = 715) | |||||||
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Estimate | Std. Error | p | AIC | Estimate | Std. Error | p | Estimate | Std. Error | p | |
Plasma biomarkers | ||||||||||
p-Tau181 | -0.15 | 0.17 | 0.38 | 944 | 0.59 | 0.32 | 0.06 | |||
p-Tau231 | -0.19 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 957 | -0.15 | 0.38 | 0.69 | |||
Aβ42/Aβ40 | 0.34 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 1002 | -0.12 | 0.22 | 0.59 | |||
GFAP | -0.38 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 996 | 0.18 | 0.29 | 0.53 | |||
NfL | -0.43 | 0.16 | 0.006 | 1000 | -0.8 | 0.31 | 0.009 | -0.42 | 0.17 | 0.02 |
Neuroimaging biomarkers | ||||||||||
Hippocampal volume | 0.44 | 0.18 | 0.01 | 921 | 0.17 | 0.25 | 0.49 | |||
Centiloid | -0.38 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 874 | -0.06 | 0.3 | 0.84 | |||
Tau-SUVR | -0.66 | 0.19 | 0.001 | 715 | -0.71 | 0.31 | 0.02 | -0.55 | 0.17 | 0.002 |