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. 2024 Jul 23;16:164. doi: 10.1186/s13195-024-01534-4

Table 2.

Partial correlation between serum thyroid hormones and Aβ deposition, and tau deposition

T3 TSH fT4 fT3
Aβ deposition correlation 0.077 -0.009 -0.058 -0.005
(n = 291) p-value 0.192 0.881 0.325 0.939
Tau deposition correlation 0.090 -0.213 -0.013 -0.067
(n = 74) p-value 0.455 0.075 0.917 0.577

Notes: Partial correlation analysis used age, sex, and APOE ε4 positivity as the covariates

Abbreviations: beta-amyloid, T3 triiodothyronine, T4 thyroxine, TSH thyroid-stimulating hormone, APOE Apolipoprotein E