Table 3. WMHV is associated with longitudinal clinical dementia outcomes in females but not males.
A linear mixed effects model was utilized to test for interaction effects between WMHV*visit time, Global18Futemetamol SUVR*visit time on CDR-SB.
| CDR sum of boxes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β (Std. error) | β 95% Confidence Interval | Uncorrected p-value | |
| Females | |||
| Intercept | 4.69 (4.38) | (−3.93, 13.30) | 0.29 |
| Age (years) | −0.044 (0.044) | (−0.13, 0.04) | 0.32 |
| Visit Time | −0.73 (0.57) | (−1.85, 0.38) | 0.20 |
| Global18F-flutemetamol SUVR | 0.34 (2.17) | (−3.94, 4.61) | 0.88 |
| WMHV | −0.18 (0.88) | (−0.75, 0.41) | 0.56 |
| Scanner Site (Site 2) | 0.15 (0.87) | (−1.55, 1.86) | 0.86 |
| Scanner Site (Site 3) | −0.18 (0.88) | (−1.91, 1.55) | 0.84 |
| Scanner Site (Site 4) | 0.90 (1.92) | (−2.88, 4.69) | 0.64 |
| Scanner Site (Site 5) | 1.74 (2.01) | (−2.23, 5.70) | 0.39 |
| Scanner Site (Site 6) | −1.32 (0.73) | (−2.76, 0.12) | 0.073 |
| Visit Time * Global18F-flutemetamol SUVR | 3.11 (0.60) | (1.92, 4.30) | 5.50e-07 *** |
| Visit Time * WMHV | 0.18 (0.072) | (0.04, 0.32) | 0.014 * |
| Males | |||
| Intercept | 0.90 (4.60) | (−8.18, 9.98) | 0.85 |
| Age (years) | 0.0084 (0.053) | (−0.10, 0.11) | 0.88 |
| Visit Time | −1.48 (-0.71) | (−2.89, −.07) | 0.039 * |
| Global18F-flutemetamol SUVR | 2.68 (2.83) | (−2.90, 8.27) | 0.34 |
| WMHV | 0.20 (0.42) | (−0.63, 1.02) | 0.64 |
| Scanner Site (Site 2) | −0.83 (1.10) | (−3.01, 1.35) | 0.46 |
| Scanner Site (Site 3) | −1.00 (1.51) | (−3.99, 1.98) | 0.50 |
| Scanner Site (Site 4) | 0.39 (1.50) | (−2.58, 3.35) | 0.80 |
| Scanner Site (Site 5) | −0.30 (2.13) | (−4.51, 3.91) | 0.89 |
| CDR sum of boxes | |||
| Scanner Site (Site 6) | −0.31 (1.35) | (−2.99, 2.36) | 0.82 |
| Visit Time * Global18F-flutemetamol SUVR | 2.99 (0.72) | (1.56, 4.41) | 7.04e-05 *** |
| Visit Time * WMHV | 0.019 (0.097) | (−0.17, 0.21) | 0.84 |
p < 0.05,
p < 0.01,
p < 0.001