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. 2024 May 18;16:112. doi: 10.1186/s13195-024-01477-w

Table 3.

Model 2 adjusted linear regression results between a blood biomarker and an imaging biomarker

Serum NfL Plasma NTA Plasma t-tau Plasma GFAP
Predictors Estimate R2 p Estimate R2 p Estimate R2 p Estimate R2 p
WMH, slope (95% CI) 0.0088 (0.0019 to 0.016) 0.33 0.021 0.007 (-0.011 to 0.025) 0.027 0.54 -0.004 (-0.012 to 0.0037) 0.11 0.37 0.0037 (-0.0054 to 0.013) 0.015 0.51
MTA, slope (95% CI) 0.13 (0.019 to 0.24) 0.32 0.049 0.44 (0.13 to 0.76) 0.15 0.022 -0.12 (-0.010 to 0.25) 0.14 0.13 0.22 (0.075 to 0.36) 0.15 0.022
PiB, slope (95% CI) 0.14 (-0.026 to 0.30) 0.20 0.16 0.12 (-0.33 to 0.56) -0.054 0.62 0.05 (-0.15 to 0.25) 0.045 0.61 0.27 (0.073 to 0.47) 0.13 0.022

Serum NfL = neurofilament light, Plasma NTA = N-terminal tau marker, Plasma t-tau = Quanterix total tau marker, Plasma GFAP = glial fibrillary acidic protein, WMH = volumes of white matter hyperintensities, MTA = medial temporal lobe atrophy score, PiB = [11C]PiB composite score. Blood biomarker values are log transformed. Results adjusted for Age, Sex and BMI. WMH and MTA also adjusted for MRI scanner. Significant values are bolded. P-values are FDR-corrected including all p-values from tables 1, 2, 3, and 4. Blood biomarker values were log transformed